Bone Cancer Symptoms: Causes of Aching Joints & Lesions

What causes persistent aching in bones and joints? Identifying hip or tibia symptoms and understanding lytic bone lesions are critical steps in diagnosing bone cancer and monitoring its progression.

Jogging injury while exercising outdoors.

Bone Cancer of the Tibia Symptoms

Published Aug,14 2017 | By Gregory Waryasz, MD, CSCS

Bone cancer can affect any bone in the body. The tibia is the larger of the two long bones between the knee and ankle. A cancerous tumor is a body of tissue consisting of cells that have undergone genetic changes, causing them to grow in an uncontrolled way.

Gregory Waryasz, MD, has been a writer since 2004. His work has appeared in "Dynamic Medicine," "Athletic Therapy Today," the "Strength and Conditioning Journal" and the "Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners." He is an orthopaedic surgery resident at Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital. He has a medical doctorate from Tufts University and is certified as a strength and conditioning specialist.