Bone metastases
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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.
Common symptoms reported by people with bone metastases
Treatments taken by people for bone metastases

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Compare treatments taken by people with bone metastases

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Got a question about living with bone metastases? Members in the forum might have the answers.
Who has bone metastases on PatientsLikeMe?
- 0 new patients joined this month
- 69 say bone metastases is their primary condition
| Age | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| <20 | 0 | |
| 20s | 4 | |
| 30s | 6 | |
| 40s | 12 | |
| 50s | 15 | |
| 60s | 9 | |
| 70+ | 27 |
| Age at first symptom | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| 0-19 years | 1 | |
| 20-29 years | 4 | |
| 30-39 years | 7 | |
| 40-49 years | 8 | |
| 50-59 years | 1 | |
| 60-69 years | 4 | |
| 70+ years | 5 |
Distribution of sex
| Sex | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 27 | |
| Female | 119 |
| Diagnosis status | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Diagnosed | 61 | |
| Not Diagnosed | 2 |