Bone cancer (sarcoma of bone) treatment
Bone cancer (sarcoma of bone) treatment depends on the severity and stage of the bone cancer symptoms. Where some types of bone cancer respond to different treatment methods, and the orthopedic doctor helps direct the most appropriate treatment for the type and stage of cancer, and the methods of treating bone cancer depend on surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy, and some depend on surgery and chemotherapy or radiation together.
Surgical treatment
- Surgical treatment aims to completely remove the cancerous tumor, and in most cases, part of the surrounding healthy tissue is removed.
- Other cases may require surgery to remove all or part of a limb (amputation) as a result of the progression of the condition.
Medication treatment
- Where the patient is given some medications, to reduce the spread of cancer cells and alleviate the symptoms of bone cancer.
Radiation therapy
- Radiotherapy is used to eliminate cancer cells; They use high-energy beams, such as x-rays.
- It is also used in some cases before surgery to reduce the size of the tumor, and facilitate the removal of the tumor to reduce the complications of surgery.
- Radiotherapy is also used in cases of bone tumors that cannot be removed through surgical operations.
- Radiation therapy enters after surgery to eliminate any remaining cancer cells.
Targeted treatment of bone cancer
- Targeted treatment is based on targeting cancer cells that are found in the bones, with fewer complications on other normal cells in the body, unlike other treatments such as Chemical which does not distinguish cancer cells from others and destroys normal cells.
Chemotherapy
- Here, this type of treatment is used in the form of powerful anti-cancer drugs, injected through a vein to kill cancer cells.
- This type of treatment is used in some forms of bone cancer, but not in all cases. This type of treatment is not effective for chondrosarcoma, but it is effective for osteosarcoma and Ewing’s sarcoma.