In August 2008 at age 61 years old I was diagnosed with osteosarcoma and breast cancer (carcinoma). The cancers were both primary cancers (unrelated).
Sarcoma is very rare and extremely rare in older women or men. In 1938 my maternal grandfather died of sarcoma when he was 62 years old. This family connection is my only known risk factor for sarcoma.
MD Anderson.org:
Bone cancer is a sarcoma (cancerous tumor) that arises in the bone. There are about 2,500 new cases each year in the U. S., making primary bone cancer relatively rare.
Symptoms of bone cancer can vary depending on the size and location of the tumor. Pain is the most common symptom, as well as swelling and tenderness (from a tumor in or near a joint), or difficulty with normal movement. Other symptoms may include:
Fatigue
Fever
Weight loss
Anemia
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I am one of the few people in the world who have had two primary cancers, bone cancer and breast cancer, at the same time. I am also the rare 60+ woman with bone cancer. I have survived both since August 2008.
