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He had a malignant bone tumor in his leg which was diagnosed at 12. Answer according to this: http://askville.amazon.com/type-cancer-Edward-Kennedy-Jr/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=58140970.
Edward Kennedy had bone cancer - he had a partial amputation which probably saved his life. The commonest type of primary bone cancer is osteosarcoma. It is most often diagnosed in children and teenagers but can occur at any age. Osteosarcomas can grow anywhere in the skeleton. But the commonest sites are Lower thigh (femur), Upper shin bone (tibia), Upper arm (humerus) or Lower shin bone.
bone cancer
Bone cancer is a malignancy in bone. Cancer that originates in the bone is termed as primary bone cancer. This type of cancer is very rare.Children are effected mostly by this type rather than adults. More often, cancer cells spread metastasize to the bones from other parts of the body such as the breasts, lungs, and prostate.Primary tumorsOsteosarcoma ChondrosarcomaEwing's sarcomaMultiple MyelomaOsteoclastomaFibrosarcoma
Bone cancer is a malignancy in bone. Cancer that originates in the bone is termed as primary bone cancer. This type of cancer is very rare.Children are effected mostly by this type rather than adults. More often, cancer cells spread metastasize to the bones from other parts of the body such as the breasts, lungs, and prostate.Primary tumorsOsteosarcoma ChondrosarcomaEwing's sarcomaMultiple MyelomaOsteoclastomaFibrosarcoma
lukemia breaking a bone any other type of bone cancer bone fractures
This cancer type is called myeloma.
When any type of cancer metastasizes and spreads to the bone or other organs, this is very serious. Only a trained doctor who looks at the pathology of patient who has cancer that has spread to the bone can make such a diagnosis.
This cancer type is called myeloma.
what races and gender are affected the most and with which type of cancer
Leukemia is a type of cancer that involves the blood and the bone marrow. It does not cause the formation of tumors or lumps in the body.
You only capitalize cancer when you are talking about a specific type of cancer. An example of this would be, my dog has Bone Cancer. However, saying my dog has cancer, is correct because in this case you are talking about cancer in general, not a specific type of cancer.