How to detect early bone cancer

How can early bone cancer be detected? How is bone cancer detected? Bone cancer makes many people miserable. Although this disease is not an incurable disease, if you miss the best treatment time, it will also affect the treatment effect of the disease. Diagnosis of the disease is the first step in treating the disease. Early detection of the disease can lead to early treatment of the disease.

How is bone cancer diagnosed?

1. X-ray examination: X-ray examination is an important means of diagnosing bone cancer, and the results of the examination are an important basis for diagnosis. The shadow of a benign bone tumor is relatively regular, with uniform density, neat outer borders, and clear contours. There is no reactive shadow in the periosteum or in the soft tissue. Thinning and expansion of the osteolytic bone cortex are a characteristic of benign bone tumors. The shadow of a malignant bone tumor is mostly irregular, with uneven density, irregular borders, unclear contours, and irregular destruction of the bone cortex.

2. Pathological tissue examination: Pathological tissue examination is considered to be a diagnostic method with a high accuracy rate. If the examination site is inappropriate, it may lead to a wrong diagnosis, so pathological tissue examination must be combined with clinical or X-ray examination. Commonly used sampling and examination methods include needle aspiration biopsy, incisional biopsy, frozen section, paraffin section, etc.

3. Bone marrow puncture examination: After puncture, cancer cells can be seen, and the number exceeds 5% to 10%. When the number exceeds 20%, atypical plasma cells are seen, and the plasma cells are in small clusters. Osteosarcoma and osteoblastic metastasis will form a large amount of new bone, so the alkaline phosphatase value increases.

4. CT and MRI examinations: CT and MRI examinations can detect cancerous tissues at an early stage with a higher accuracy rate.

5. Radionuclide examination: can be used for early diagnosis of bone metastases.

How is bone cancer diagnosed? Although there are many patients with bone cancer, many people get the disease unknowingly and do not understand the cause of the disease. The harmfulness of bone cancer cannot be ignored. After the disease is diagnosed, it should be treated as soon as possible. Don't let your own neglect lead to the deterioration of the disease.