Depending on the type of bone cancer one has, how much it has progressed, one’s overall health, and individual preferences, the mode of treatment differentiates. Normally, treatment of bone cancer involves surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation or a combination of the three depending on the stage of the cancer.
Surgery – The purpose of performing surgery on a person suffering from bone cancer is in order to remove the entire cancer. In order to succeed at such a complex procedure, the doctor must remove the tumor/ cancerous tissue as well as a little portion of the good/ healthy tissue that surrounds it. There are three types of surgeries used in the treatment of bone cancer, these are: Surgery involving the removal of a limb, Surgery in order to successfully remove the cancer without amputation, and Surgery involving the removal of the cancerous tissue that does not affect the limb.
Radiation Therapy – It involves the use of high-powered beams of energy (like those in x-rays), in order to kill cancer cells. A patient is required to lie on a table, once lying down you are required to not move while a special machine makes its way around you and points its high-powered beams at precise points on your body.
Radiation therapy is usually used when surgery doesn’t yield preferable results. It may also be used to kill cancer cells that may be left behind after surgery. Radiation therapy may also be useful in reducing pain and other signs and symptoms of bone cancer in patients who have an advanced stage of bone cancer.
Chemotherapy – Chemotherapy involves the use of chemicals to kill cancer cells. It is a drug treatment and is usually given intravenously (through a vein). Chemotherapy could be given on its own or in combination with radiation therapy. It is usually used prior to surgery in order to shrink the cancerous tissue to a manageable size, in order for a surgeon to perform surgery that involves the sparing of a limb. Chemotherapy is also used to treat patients whose bone cancer has spread from the bone to other parts of the body.
Written By : Jeffrey Kenneth Cray
Surgery – The purpose of performing surgery on a person suffering from bone cancer is in order to remove the entire cancer. In order to succeed at such a complex procedure, the doctor must remove the tumor/ cancerous tissue as well as a little portion of the good/ healthy tissue that surrounds it. There are three types of surgeries used in the treatment of bone cancer, these are: Surgery involving the removal of a limb, Surgery in order to successfully remove the cancer without amputation, and Surgery involving the removal of the cancerous tissue that does not affect the limb.
Radiation Therapy – It involves the use of high-powered beams of energy (like those in x-rays), in order to kill cancer cells. A patient is required to lie on a table, once lying down you are required to not move while a special machine makes its way around you and points its high-powered beams at precise points on your body.
Radiation therapy is usually used when surgery doesn’t yield preferable results. It may also be used to kill cancer cells that may be left behind after surgery. Radiation therapy may also be useful in reducing pain and other signs and symptoms of bone cancer in patients who have an advanced stage of bone cancer.
Chemotherapy – Chemotherapy involves the use of chemicals to kill cancer cells. It is a drug treatment and is usually given intravenously (through a vein). Chemotherapy could be given on its own or in combination with radiation therapy. It is usually used prior to surgery in order to shrink the cancerous tissue to a manageable size, in order for a surgeon to perform surgery that involves the sparing of a limb. Chemotherapy is also used to treat patients whose bone cancer has spread from the bone to other parts of the body.
Written By : Jeffrey Kenneth Cray
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