Osteosarcoma Can Cause Death
We have seen evidence showing dental and skeletal fluorosis causing damage to the human body. Another disease caused by ingesting too much fluoride is osteosarcoma, bone cancer. This disease can cause death. The American Cancer Society defines osteosarcoma as the most common type of malignant tumor that develops in bone. Osteosarcoma occurs most often in children and young adults, with teenagers being the most commonly affected age group. But osteosarcoma can occur at any age.
Osteosarcoma can appear in any bone, but it usually develops in the long bones of the body. The long bones are the thigh bone-femur, the shinbone-tibia, or the bone that runs from the shoulder to the elbow-humerus.
The Most Common Symptoms of Osteosarcoma:
1. Continuous pain in an arm or leg.
2. A firm lump on a bone, or swelling.
3. A limp, if the tumor involves the leg.
4. Pain or difficulty breathing if the tumor is on the ribs.
5. A spontaneously occurring bone fracture or a bone breaking
after a minor bump.
6. Gradually worsening pain and swelling in an arm-near the
shoulder, or leg-near the knee. Pain from the tumor
may occur when the patient is resting or may awaken the
patient from a sound sleep (The Bone and Cancer Foundation, 1999).
Photos of Osteosarcoma
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| Osteosarcoma at the Femur Bone Nathrath, 2012 |
The photo on the left is osteosarcoma on the femur bone. Malignant cells form irregular calcification similar to bone and it moves into the soft tissue causing swelling (Stacy, Mahal, & Peabody, 2012).
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| Whiter Areas Indicate Calcification Nathrath, 2012 |
The photo on the right is an x-ray of the same patient above with a cancerous tumor on the femur. The whiter areas are the irregular calcification that indicates rapid bone formation. The new growth has broken out of the hard, thick layer of bone (cortical layer) and you can see it in the soft tissue (Stacy, et al., 2012).
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| Osteosarcoma at the Humerus Bone Begley, 2005 |
The photo on the left is osteosarcoma on the bone that runs from the shoulder to the elbow - humerus. You can see the swelling caused by the calcification moving into the adjacent soft tissue (Stacy, et al., 2012).
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| Calcification Near the Shoulder Area Stacy, Mahal, & Peabody, 2012 |
The photo on the right is an x-ray of a patient with a cancerous tumor on the humerus bone. It is not the same patient as above. Notice how the malignant cells have formed calcification near the shoulder area. These cells have broken through the cortical layer of the bone and moved into the soft tissue (Stacy, et al., 2012).
References
Begley, S. (2005). Fluoridation,
Cancer: Did Researchers Ask The Right Questions? Wall Street Journal, p. B1.
Retrieved from the Website The Impious Digest: http://impiousdigest.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=55
Bone and Cancer Foundation. (2009). Osteosarcoma. The Paget Foundation for Paget's Disease of Bone and Related Disorders. Retrieved from the Website: http://www.boneandcancerfoundation.org/pdfs/Osteosarcoma-2.pdf
Nathrath, M. (2012). Institute of Pathology.
Helmholtz Zentrum München: Leading Science to Health. Retrieved from the Website: http://www.helmholtz-muenchen.de/?id=664
Stacy, S., Mahal, R., & Peabody, T. (2012).
American Journal of Roentgenology. Staging of Bone Tumors: A Review with
Illustrative Examples. The American
Rentgen Ray Society. Retrieved from the Website: http://www.ajronline.org/content/186/4/967.full
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