Treatment Of Bone Cancer

Treatment of bone tumors is highly dependent on the type of cancer.

Chemotherapy and radiation

Chemotherapy and radiotherapy are effective in some tumors (such as Ewing's sarcoma) but less so in others (such as chondrosarcoma).

There are a variety of protocols for chemotherapy for bone tumors. Protocol is the best reported survival in children and adults have a protocol in which the artery is monitored tumor response by serial angiography. When the tumor response rate is necrosis> 90% of surgery is planned.

Medication.

A major concern is the density of bones and bone loss. Nonhormonal bisphosphonates increase bone strength and are available in prescription pill form once a week. Metastron also known as strontium-89 chloride is a drug intravenously to relieve pain and can be given three months apart. Strontium chloride Sr Generic UPS-89 injection, manufactured by Bio-Nucleonics Inc., a generic version of Metastron.

Surgical treatment!

Amputation.

Treatment of certain types of bone cancer may involve surgery, such as amputation of limbs or limb-sparing surgery (often in combination with chemotherapy and radiotherapy). Limb-sparing surgery, surgery, or limb salvage, means the part is saved from amputation. Instead, the amputation of the affected bone was removed and is done in two ways bone graft with bone taken from the body or (b) the artificial bone is put on the thigh surgery, limb salvage prostheses are available .

The second operation is called the Van Ness-rotation or rotationplasty, which is a form of amputation, the patient's mouth is turned upwards in a 180 degree turn and rolled up used as a knee.

Types of amputation:

Foot

Below the knee

Above the knee

Symes

Hip disarticulation

Hemipelvectomy or rear quarters, where the foot is to eliminate half of the basin

Arm

Below the elbow

Above the elbow

Shoulder disarticulation

Forequarter (amputation of the whole arm and shoulder blade and collarbone)

The most radical of all amputations are hemicorporectomy (amputation translumbar or size) that removes the legs, pelvis, urinary tract, excretory system and the genital area (penis / testicles in men and the vagina / vulva in females). This is accomplished in two phases. The first phase is to make the colostomy and the urinary tract, the second step is amputation. It is a mutilating operation and is performed only as a last resort (eg pelvic exenteration still does not work, or in case of advanced pelvic / reproductive cancers)