2006-10-04 18:43:49 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
In children, the most common spinal cord tumors are Ependymoma, which mostly males get and are pretty treatable,
and Astrocytoma, which is almost entirely a childhood cancer and has a much, much worse prognosis, usually death within a few years. These tumors grow from the inside out and need surgery, radiation, and steroids to keep the swelling down.
Most spinal cord cancers in adults though, are metastases from other primary cancers, usually breast or lung. They grow on the vertebrae itself and compress the spinal cord from the outside.
2006-10-07 08:01:17 · answer #1 · answered by parsleysoda667 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would put my money on the backbone. Hence the name.
2006-10-05 01:51:25 · answer #2 · answered by dirtmerchant_12b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Secondaries in spine occur mostly in Leukemias.
2006-10-05 01:46:20 · answer #3 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
back bone cancer begins in the endosteum of the vertebrae
2006-10-08 09:16:53 · answer #4 · answered by manager 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
anywhere along the spine
2006-10-05 01:45:16 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the spine
2006-10-05 01:44:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
spinal cord
2006-10-05 01:46:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋