Bone metastases
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What is bone metastases?
Bone metastases, or metastatic bone disease, is a class of cancer metastases that results from primary tumor invasion to bone. The bone is a common site of metastasis for a number of different cancers including lung, breast, prostate, kidney, thyroid cancers, multiple myeloma among others.
Common symptoms reported by people with bone metastases
Treatments taken by people for bone metastases
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Compare treatments taken by people with bone metastases
Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have bone metastases through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.
Got a question about living with bone metastases? Members in the forum might have the answers.
Who has bone metastases on PatientsLikeMe?
- 0 new patients joined this month
- 67 say bone metastases is their primary condition
| Age | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| <20 | 0 | |
| 20s | 0 | |
| 30s | 6 | |
| 40s | 22 | |
| 50s | 32 | |
| 60s | 46 | |
| 70+ | 33 |
| Age at first symptom | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| 0-19 years | 0 | |
| 20-29 years | 0 | |
| 30-39 years | 7 | |
| 40-49 years | 8 | |
| 50-59 years | 13 | |
| 60-69 years | 11 | |
| 70+ years | 8 |
Distribution of sex
| Sex | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 26 | |
| Female | 114 |
| Diagnosis status | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Diagnosed | 60 | |
| Not Diagnosed | 2 |