Bone Cancer Treatment Options
Twenty years ago, amputation was virtually the only treatment available for bone cancer. Today, most people with bone cancer will have surgery to remove the cancer without amputating the limb. A bone transplant or a metallic implant will replace the damaged bone. The Northwest Tissue Center is the area's resource for bone and tissue transplants.
The Sarcoma Service provides leading-edge therapies and treatments for bone cancer, including innovative chemotherapy and better artificial joints. In 2001, the Sarcoma Service won a five-year grant for $750,000 to build new knee implants for tumor patients.
Standard Treatment Virtually everyone who has bone cancer will be treated with surgery. Depending on the "grade" of your cancer, you may have chemotherapy or radiation as well. (A high-grade tumor is one that is likely to metastasize, or spread, while a low-grade, or benign, tumor is not likely to metastasize.) Some people will be treated with both chemotherapy and radiation therapy in addition to surgery.
One recent innovation is to give chemotherapy before surgery when treating bone cancer. This treatment has many advantages, including decreasing the risk that your cancer will return.
Treatment Options
If you would like to make an appointment with the Sarcoma Service at SCCA, call the Sarcoma Service's patient care coordinator at (206) 288-2167, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday (except holidays).
August 2007
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