What is Bone cancer?
What is Bone cancer?
- Bone cancer: Malignancy that occurs in the bone.
Bone cancer is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Bone cancer, or a subtype of Bone cancer,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Bone cancer: Introduction
Types of Bone cancer:
Types of Bone cancer:
Broader types of Bone cancer:
How many people get Bone cancer?
Incidence (annual) of Bone cancer: 2,400 annual cases (SEER 2002 estimate: bones and joints)
Incidence Rate of Bone cancer: approx 1 in 113,333 or 0.00% or 2,400 people in USA [about data]
How serious is Bone cancer?
Complications of Bone cancer:
see complications of Bone cancer
Deaths for Bone cancer: 1,300 estimated deaths for bone/joint cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
What causes Bone cancer?
Causes of Bone cancer: see causes of Bone cancer
Risk factors for Bone cancer:
see
risk factors for Bone cancer
What are the symptoms of Bone cancer?
Symptoms of Bone cancer:
see symptoms of Bone cancer
Complications of Bone cancer:
see complications of Bone cancer
Can anyone else get Bone cancer?
Contagion of cancer: generally not; see details in contagion of cancer.
Bone cancer: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Bone cancer.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Bone cancer.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Bone cancer:
see treatments for Bone cancer
Research for Bone cancer:
see research for Bone cancer
Society issues for Bone cancer
Hospitalization statistics for Bone cancer:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Bone cancer:
- 0.04% (5,643) of hospital episodes were for malignant neoplasm of bone and articular cartilage in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 94% of hospital consultations for malignant neoplasm of bone and articular cartilage required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 55% of hospital episodes for malignant neoplasm of bone and articular cartilage were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 45% of hospital episodes for malignant neoplasm of bone and articular cartilage were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 18% of hospital admissions for malignant neoplasm of bone and articular cartilage required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 7 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for malignant neoplasm of bone and articular cartilage in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- more statistics...»
Organs Affected by Bone cancer:
Organs and body systems related to Bone cancer include:
Name and Aliases of Bone cancer
Main name of condition: Bone cancer
Class of Condition for Bone cancer: cancer
Other names or spellings for Bone cancer:
Cancer of the bone
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