1) Should oral Bisphosphanates be preferred over intravenous ?
2) Will Bisphosphonates be sufficient in this case, or are Teriparatides needed ? Teriparatide injections in India are quite expensive and monthly treatments for a year will double her monthly spending.
3) A second opinion was taken from a family doctor and he suggested taking Teriparatide injections alone. Does that not seem wrong - since parathyriod hormone will also increase resorption if calcium is deficient in the body ?
Medications themselves can be classified as antiresorptive or bone anabolic agents. Teriparatide (Forteo) is also approved for the treatment of postmenopausal women who have severe osteoporosis and are considered at high risk for fractures. The medicine is given through daily shots underneath the skin and you can give these shots even at home. Another advantage is that it can be given in patients who cannot tolerate oral biphosphonate drugs.
We had a dog with osteosarcoma (bone cancer). Took him for an opinion at a veterinary teaching hospital, and he was fortunate enough to get into a research protocol.
He had his leg amputated and got chemo, then was placed on an oral study drug. He lived for 3+ more years, which was phenomenal compared to the dismal survival chances he was given prior.
I have since googled these blood tests and what they are used for and I found that they are used to look for inflammation and also for Osteosarcoma. I was really surprised at the similiarities between the two different conditions, one benign and the other very serious. Is there anything that distinguishes them that can be seen with the eye to give me some peace of mind until all the test results come back?
The implant in his left knee was NOT removed.... and osteosarcoma formed at the site of the implant. Has anyone else experienced this terrible cancer from having this procedure? Amputation and thousands of dollars later could not save his life....such a tragic loss.
Also, there is a Dr. Couto at Ohio State University that has been researching Osteosarcoma in the Greyhoind gir years, very well known and respected. You might try contacting them if not for treatment suggestions, they may possibly know someone closer to you. They are usually pretty helpful.
I HOPE IT DOESNT TURN OUT YOU HAVE OSTEOSARCOMA,GOODLUCK!@KEEP US POSTED,THERE ARE 40 POSSIBLE CAUSES.NOT ALL OF THEM ARE BAD.BUT THE REALITY IS IT APPEARS SOMETHING THEN is eating away at your bones,causing a fracture.
I am an 18, almost 19 year old male. A few days after Christmas, I started having pain around my right knee and my right knee swelled. I went to my GP to have it checked out and had an x ray of my right knee done. There were no tumors to be found.
A few days after my doctor visit, my left knee also swelled and started hurting at rest as well, with the pain in my left knee being aggravated by walking.
( all of my pain is on my right side.
At this point, the possibility of osteosarcoma cannot be discounted and I think there is an urgent need to investigate this further.
It started when I heard of a acquaintance passing from a osteosarcoma. I immediately began to worry and attempted to brush it off. However after returning to the gym from a long hiatus I noticed the aches and pains from my few days of working out weren't going away and i refrained from going back.
My aches were primarily in my calfs, shins, forearms, and triceps. But I also had pain in my biceps, thighs, hamstrings, calves, lower back, and shoulder.
Primary bone cancer (osteosarcoma) is usually found in the long bones of the limbs, not the ribs. It is also more prevalent in younger age groups. However, there are certain types of malignancy which can have metastatic spread to the bone. These include multiple myeloma, prostate and lung cancer. A bone scan can help differentiate if that spot is likely caused by metastatic spread or some other benign condition.
It used to be believed that patients with Osteosarcome (a bone cancer) who present with fracture are less likely to be cured than those Osteosarcoma patients without fracture.
Thankfully, even those with fractures are still candidates for cure.
The point here is that the risk of cancer spreading is pretty much a function of the cancer itself.
Consider the scenario of a patient who complains of back pain and weakness of the legs.
Hi. It is possible for cancer to occur at bilateral sites of a symmetrical organ, such as the breast or the lungs. Primary bone cancer, such as osteosarcoma or Ewing's sarcoma, usually occur as solitary masses and do not usually present on both sides of the body at the same time. But bone metastases may be found in multiple areas, and can in theory, occur symmetrically.
Two weeks ago from right now there was nothing wrong with my mouth except that my teeth are crooked. My teeth are very healthy - just shaped funny. I am 41 years old, was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer in January (my cancer was microscopic so I had no iodine treatment, they think the tyroidectomy cured it.)
So - two weeks from tomorrow, after lunch, I felt a bump in my mouth. It is on my gums, about a 1/4 to 1/2 an inch below my gum line.
Where do I go from here ? I admit that I'm a hypochondriac , I've had , HIV , leaukemia, brain cancer , osteosarcoma , if it was up to me:/ I got through all of those with tests, except for brain tumor and osteosarcoma , and I could've swore k had symptoms of all of those , like with cancer I could've swore my spleen was swollen, and I felt for it all day every day, I can't even talk to my gf, I feel so off and scared , just what do I do from here???
Bad things have been happening for ever-most recently (besides spouse) lost beloved cat of 17 yrs. end of May and precious best friend(Coby-our dog) to osteosarcoma end of June. Also just found out Mom fell and broke her arm. Never ends in my family!
Has her back leg been xrayed? She is a bit too young for osteosarcoma but it is not unheard of.
After this got back to normal again but than my shin started hurting (I am a long distance runner though) and I attributed this to osteosarcoma (bone cancer) I had a bone scan on it and turns out it is just mtss (shin splints). Now I'm back to the lymph nodes. I should mention I also experience bloody noses every couple of weeks or so only after getting out of a hot shower, washing my face with hot water, or after being in the gym doing deadlifts once.
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