Bone Tumor Cancer

A bone tumor is an abnormal growth of cells within a bone. A bone tumor may be cancerous (malignant) or noncancerous (benign)..

Cancerous primary bone tumors include:

• Chondrosarcoma
• Ewing sarcoma
• Fibrosarcoma
• Osteosarcomas

Cancers that most often spread to the bone are cancers of the:

Cancers that start in the bones are called primary bone tumors. Bone cancers that start in another part of the body (such as the breast, lungs, or colon) are called secondary or metastatic bone tumors. They behave very differently from primary bone tumors.

• Breast
• Kidney
• Lung
• Prostate
• Thyroid