What Is Bone Cancer?
7. Risk Factors
As mentioned, some types of bone cancer are more or less likely to affect people according to how old they are. However, there are some other factors that can make a person more or less likely to develop the disease. One these is having another disease that is known as Paget’s disease of bone.
Some people will be born with genetic conditions that will make then more prone to developing bone cancer. These include hereditary retinoblastoma, and Li-Fraumeni syndrome. If the patient undergoes radiation therapy for another type of cancer then their risk of developing bone cancer will also be increased.
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