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Primary bone cancer, which is uncommon, begins in a bone. Bone cancer can arise in any bone in the body, but most commonly affects the long bones of the arms and legs. Primary bone cancer does not include cancers that start elsewhere in the body and spread to the bones, or blood cell cancers, such as leukemia, that begin in the bone marrow.
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., is ranked among the Best Hospitals for cancer by U.S. News & World Report. Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., and Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz., are ranked high performing for cancer by U.S. News & World Report.
Read more about bone cancer at MayoClinic.com.
I was diagnosed with bone cancer in ninth grade. It was December 2006, just before the holidays. For several months, I'd had a bump just below my right knee that the local orthopedic surgeon thought was just an extra piece ...
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