Suggest treatment for bone cancer
Patient: i'm wondering about the survival rate for bone cancer once someone has already "survived" breast cancer. does it depend on whether it's the original cancer returning? Is it possible for it to be a whole new/different cancer unrelated to the breast cancer? Doctor: Hi,Thanks for writing in.Cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells involving any organ system. There are cases where a cancer is treated many months to years back and appears again at another location. In other words it is a metastasis of the original cancer after the patient is treated for the primary. The cells that are found in the new location show characteristics of a cancer spread from else where and the pathologist is able to make a diagnosis.Few patients have a completely new type of cancer which is not related to any previous cancer. The biopsy from the new cancer are entirely different and show features of a primary cancer. It is important to get detailed investigation done and do pathological confirmation. Please do not worry.