Can early stage bone cancer be completely cured?

Can bone cancer be completely cured in the early stages? Bone tumors are tumors that occur in bones or their appendages. They are common diseases. Like other tissues in the body, their exact cause is unknown. Bone tumors can be benign or malignant. Benign bone tumors are easy to cure and have a good prognosis, while malignant bone tumors develop rapidly, have a poor prognosis, and have a high mortality rate.

But this does not mean that bone tumors are terminal illnesses, because current medical technology is fully capable of completely curing bone tumors, which requires good treatment methods and techniques.

However, many friends do not know much about the treatment of bone tumors, so when bone tumors appear in the body, they will worry and do not know how to deal with it. When bone tumors occur, they need timely treatment. Next, the editor will introduce to you the treatment methods of this disease, hoping to help you.

Radiotherapy, chemotherapy, biological therapy, and traditional Chinese medicine should be used according to the specific situation. Surgery can be used when necessary. After the diagnosis is clear, comprehensive treatment methods should be used in a timely manner. The treatment of primary tumor lesions is the main part of the entire treatment. Bone lesions can be surgically removed by local radiotherapy and systemic chemotherapy. In cases of bone complications such as pathological fractures, complications should be treated in a timely manner. The treatment of bone metastasis is a comprehensive treatment. Bone metastasis of malignant tumors is the result of early disease or delay in diagnosis and treatment and treatment failure. Therefore, the diagnosis and treatment of bone metastases should be extended to: ① Screening, monitoring and prevention of middle-aged and elderly people; ② Prevention and monitoring of patients with malignant tumors; ③ Monitoring and timely treatment of patients with micrometastasis; ④ Treatment of patients with bone metastases. Here we focus on the treatment of bone metastases.

The treatment of bone metastases is still aimed at reducing the patient's pain, preserving certain functions, improving the quality of life, and prolonging life. The treatment includes general supportive therapy, symptomatic treatment, systemic treatment, and local treatment. Systemic treatment includes combined chemotherapy, radiotherapy, immunotherapy, endocrine therapy, radionuclide therapy, and Chinese herbal medicine treatment for the primary disease. Local treatment is mainly surgery and interventional therapy. Whether choosing systemic treatment or surgical treatment, it should be comprehensively formulated according to the patient's condition, the severity of the symptoms of bone metastases, the purpose of each treatment and the possible consequences, and the wishes of the patient's family.

Treatment with Chinese medicine: Traditional Chinese medicine considers tumors as a systemic disease, and attributes the pathogenesis to qi stagnation and blood stasis, phlegm condensation and toxic accumulation, heat toxicity accumulation and weak vital energy. It also treats the disease by differentiating symptoms and adopting the method of strengthening the body, replenishing the body and eliminating evil to carry out systemic treatment. Modern research shows that many Chinese herbal medicines have anti-tumor effects in addition to regulating immune function and strengthening the body. For example, Tremella fuciformis can significantly inhibit the rate of DNA synthesis in cancer cells and reduce the adverse reactions of chemotherapy and radiotherapy; Drynaria fortunei and Psoralea corylifolia have anti-tumor effects in addition to replenishing the kidney and producing marrow.

Bisphosphonates: This type of drug can inhibit the growth of tumor cells in bone tissue, prevent tumor damage to bones, and is an inhibitor of osteoclasts. It is used to treat bone dissolution and destruction caused by bone metastases, bone pain, hypercalcemia, and osteoporosis.

The above is the treatment method for metastatic bone tumors. Friends must seriously understand the treatment of this disease. Bone tumors must be treated in time after they occur, otherwise it will affect the health of the body. This requires friends to pay attention to the treatment of the disease and pay attention to proper exercise.