Dr. Beauchamp shares the cancers that spread to bone most often.
Dr. Beauchamp:
The two most common cancers that we see are breast and prostate. The other cancers that have a predisposition to affecting bones are kidney cancer, renal carcinoma, lung cancer, and thyroid cancer, but by far, the most common ones we see are breast and prostate.
About Dr. Beauchamp, M.D.:
Dr. Christopher P. Beauchamp, M.D., is an orthopedic surgery and Associate Professor of Orthopedics at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona. He focuses specifically on musculoskeletal oncology, adult reconstructive orthopedics, bone and soft tissue sarcomas, and infected, failed joint arthroplasty.
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