What is bone metastases?
Bone metastases, or metastatic bone disease, is a class of cancer metastases that results from primary tumor invasion to bone. The bone is a common site of metastasis for a number of different cancers including lung, breast, prostate, kidney, thyroid cancers, multiple myeloma among others.
How do members experience bone metastases?
Top 5 symptoms reported by people with bone metastases*
*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
Top treatments taken by people for bone metastases*
We currently don't have enough shared data that is made public for this condition.
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Who has bone metastases on PatientsLikeMe?
Age
| Age | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| <20 | 0 | |
| 20s | 0 | |
| 30s | 5 | |
| 40s | 18 | |
| 50s | 45 | |
| 60s | 50 | |
| 70+ | 56 |
Distribution of sex
Sex
| Sex | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 31 | |
| Female | 142 |
Talk to people with bone metastases
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members say they have this condition