Following a masectomy and 6 rounds of chemo taxotere and cytoxan followed by neulasta injections i am left with incredible bone pain.
Hip and knee pain after breast cancer.
I completed radiation in december and started tamoxifen.
The most common symptom of hip bone cancer is pain which is usually localized to the site of the tumor.
Patients with bone cancer often describe the pain as achy and dull according to reports from the university of connecticut health center 2.
Pain caused by metastatic bone cancer.
While breast cancer can metastasize to any bone in the body it most commonly spreads to the spine pelvis ribs and long bones of the arms and legs humerus and femur.
A few weeks later hip pain may develop.
Is felt at and around the site of the metastasis.
Breast cancer hip pain.
Planning long rv trip soon.
Although breast cancer can spread to any bone the most common sites are the ribs spine pelvis and long bones in the arms and legs.
I think it s entirely possible that the pain is from the tamoxifen.
I was also told that bone mets from breast cancer very rarely if at all will start in the extremities more than likely would start at rib cage or clavicles.
Usually the long bones in the arms and legs hurt first.
This is a particular concern for postmenopausal women with breast cancer who take hormone therapy drugs called aromatase inhibitors.
Hip and lower back pain i stared chemotherapy taxotere carboplatin and herceptin on april 1 of this year for breast cancer and finished the scheduled 6 cycles two weeks ago july 30.
For more than half of women who develop stage iv breast cancer the bones are the first site of metastasis.
Typically bone pain is.
I am nearing the one year mark of the cancer diagnosis.
For example joint pain can occur as a result of cancer treatment.
Need prognosis for woman 75 stage 4 breast cancer mets to hip knee bone.
The pain may worsen with activity or may be unaffected by activity.
The growing use of aromatase inhibitors ais in breast cancer treatment for postmenopausal women has led to an increased incidence of joint pain mostly in the hands and feet but it can also affect the knees hips and other joints.
I am a breast cancer survivor.
A sudden noticeable new pain is the most common symptom of cancer that has spread to the bone.
I have had hip pain along the iliac crest for a few weeks.
After three opinions that nothing was going on i finally insisted on a full body bone scan and can put up with the diagnosis of arthritis.
