Researchers have found a particular type of stem cell that helps form the spine — and that secretes a protein that seems to attract cancer, which could help explain why certain types of cancer spread ...

Jaw bone cancer can affect the bones of the upper or lower jaw. Cancer from another part of the mouth may spread into the bones, or the tumor may begin in the bone itself. Jaw bone cancer may involve ...

Some kinds of bone cancer can develop in a person’s ribs. However, these bone cancer types are extremely rare. Cancer that forms in a person’s bones is called primary bone cancer (PBC). Another name ...

When breast cancer spreads, it often targets the spine. Now scientists may have finally discovered why. A newfound kind of stem cell drives cancer cells to bones in the vertebrae, pathologist Matthew ...

In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, a group of researchers investigated the differences in prostate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings and clinical characteristics between ...

A 25-year-old fit and athletic woman—whose lower back pain was misdiagnosed by the doctors—died of bone cancer less than a year after her tumour was finally discovered in the pelvis area. Kate ...

The primary symptom of bone cancer is pain. It initially comes and goes and might be worse at night. As cancer progresses, the pain worsens and other symptoms develop, such as redness and swelling.