Typically bone pain is.
Hip and knee pain after breast cancer.
I have had hip pain along the iliac crest for a few weeks.
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.
A sudden noticeable new pain is the most common symptom of cancer that has spread to the bone.
In mid june my left hip started hurting and steadily got worse over the next few weeks to the point that walking and bending over were almost impossible.
I am a breast cancer survivor.
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.
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.
For more than half of women who develop stage iv breast cancer the bones are the first site of metastasis.
This is a particular concern for postmenopausal women with breast cancer who take hormone therapy drugs called aromatase inhibitors.
I think it s entirely possible that the pain is from the tamoxifen.
I am nearing the one year mark of the cancer diagnosis.
Is felt at and around the site of the metastasis.
I completed radiation in december and started tamoxifen.
Usually the long bones in the arms and legs hurt first.
Need prognosis for woman 75 stage 4 breast cancer mets to hip knee bone.
The most common symptom of hip bone cancer is pain which is usually localized to the site of the tumor.
When 200 of these patients were surveyed 47 percent reported joint pain and of those 67 percent ranked it as moderate to severe.
The worst pain is in my hip although i ve been told it s actually the pelvic bone.
Planning long rv trip soon.
Breast cancer hip pain.
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.
A few weeks later hip pain may develop.
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.
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.
The pain may worsen with activity or may be unaffected by activity.
