Primary Bone Tumors General Slide

Question 1

What are primary bone tumors?

Answer 1

Primary bone tumors are tumors that form from bone tissue and can be malignant or benign.

Question 2

What types of bone forming tumors are there?

Answer 2

There are several kinds of bone forming tumors, including osteoma, osteoid osteoma, and osteoblastoma.

Question 3

What is osteosarcoma?

Answer 3

Osteosarcoma is a type of malignant primary bone tumor.

Question 4

What are cartilage-forming tumors?

Answer 4

Cartilage-forming tumors include chondroma (enchondroma), osteochondroma, and chondrosarcoma.

Question 5

What is Ewing’s sarcoma?

Answer 5

Ewing’s sarcoma is a type of miscellaneous malignant tumor that does not form cartilage or bone.

Question 6

What is a giant cell tumor of bone?

Answer 6

Giant cell tumor of bone is another type of miscellaneous malignant tumor that does not form cartilage or bone.

Question 7

How common are primary bone cancers?

Answer 7

Primary bone cancer is rare and accounts for less than 1% of all new cancer diagnosed.

Question 8

Do benign primary bone tumors spread?

Answer 8

Benign tumors usually do not spread or destroy bone tissue and are rarely a threat to life.