How do Metastatic Tumors Affect Bone?

How do Metastatic Tumors Affect Bone
The tumor was composed of solidly packed lobular round cell pattern of striking uniformity. The individual cells possessed a rounded or ovoid vesicular nucleus. The cytoplasm was ill-defined, scanty and pale staining. Primary Ewing's Sarcoma of the temporal bone in an infant. Goudarzipour K, Shamsian S, Alavi S, Nourbakhsh K, Aghakhani R, Eydian Z, Arzanian MT - International journal of hematology-oncology and stem cell research (2015). Not Altered. CC.

Metastatic tumors are the most common types of malignancies that affect the bones. Cancer that originates in one area of the body, such as an organ, gland, or tissue, and then spreads to the bone is called metastatic bone disease.

The most common cancers that spread to bone include:

  • Breast cancer
  • Lung cancer
  • Thyroid cancer
  • Kidney cancer
  • Prostate cancer