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bone cancer

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Bone cancer is a malignant tumor that starts in bone tissue, not a spread from elsewhere. It can cause pain, swelling, tenderness, and fractures in the affected area. Primary types include osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, and Ewing sarcoma.

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My two grandmothers both died of cancer, so I understand how painful and difficult this disease is on the entire family. My first grandmother passed away from bone cancer when I was about 10. It was really horrible. I remember the whole process like it was yesterday. Gisele Bundchen

I knew this guy one, a demac on the Amoco Cádiz, dying of bone cancer. You know what he said? ‘When they give you morphine like there's no tomorrow, there isn't. James K. Morrow

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