bone cancer metasis

odolf · Silver Member Joined: 05 Jul 2000 Posts: 293

My uncle, mother’s brother has been diagnosed with bone cancer metasis. I didn’t understand everything because I don’t understand cancer at all. Supposedly, they found bone cancer metasis although the cancer started in the prostate. I am very confused. What is cancer, and how does prostate cancer lead to bone cancer? Thank you

daisey · Silver Member Joined: 21 Nov 2001 Posts: 259

To understand the difference between cancer and cancer metastases, you need to understand what cancer is. You know that every organ in the body is made of cells. Well, some of the cells may start growing and dividing very fast and form tumors. These cells that had rapidly divided may grow into adjacent tissue, which represent cancer. However, these cells can also migrate through distant places traveling through blood and invade other tissues as well. When prostate cancer invades bones, it is still called prostate cancer because it is where the cells division started but it is also called prostate cancer with bone metastases. This is not the same as bone cancer. Bone cancer would be the cancer that started in the bones and it differs from bone metastases. I hope you could understand what I wanted to explain. Bone cancer metastases may hurt a lot and it may also prevent the sufferer from performing their usual activities and lifestyle.

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