Symptoms of bone cancer occur in people with tumors of the bone. Not all cancer involved in the bone is considered bone cancer. For instance, people can develop metastatic disease to the bone such as lung cancer.

There are several noncancerous tumors of the bone, which include osteoma, osteoid osteoma, osteoblastoma, osteochondroma, hemangioma, and chondromyxoid fibroma. Symptoms of bone cancer will develop in people with osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, Ewings sarcoma, fibrosarcoma, malignant fibrous histiocytoma, giant cell tumors, and chordoma. Lymphoma can result in symptoms of bone cancer. Perhaps the best-known and most common cancer to result in symptoms of bone cancer is multiple myeloma.

The symptoms of bone Cancer related to multiple myeloma include pain, fracture, anemia, weakness, easy bruising, and recurrent infections. Patients may develop kidney failure, elevated calcium levels, nausea and vomiting, and neurologic symptoms.