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.

How do members experience bone metastases?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with bone metastases*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for bone metastases*

Who has bone metastases on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 0
30s 6
40s 18
50s 44
60s 50
70+ 57

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 31
Female 143

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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

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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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
  • 84 say bone metastases is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 0
30s 6
40s 18
50s 44
60s 50
70+ 57
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 0
20-29 years 1
30-39 years 8
40-49 years 9
50-59 years 14
60-69 years 11
70+ years 8

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 31
Female 143

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 66
Not Diagnosed 2

These charts show data from bone metastases patients who have completed their condition history
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