Cancer Bone Marrow

[MartinSpurs]

Hi All

Wondering if anyone can help me. If you have widespread mets to bones does that automatically mean that there is cancer in the bone marrow? Or does bone cancer spread to the marrow? I am a little confused as you can tell!

Thanks in advance for your help

Martin

[Tall_Allen]

prostate cancer usually attacks the bone itself (causing overgrowth) before spreading into the marrow.

[MartinSpurs in reply to Tall_Allen]

So not good news. I thought so. Allen do you know how it is measured, is it visible on scans or does it show in blood test results in some way? It was a brief comment made at a meeting yesterday with my MO, which caught me by surprise and I didn't ask enough questions.

[cesanon in reply to MartinSpurs]

Auximin scans, c12 choline and c12 acetate scans in the U.S.

PSMA scans in Australia and Germany (considered better than the above scans)

[Mel58 in reply to MartinSpurs]

my fathers has just recently spread into his bone marrow. His dr suspected this because of his blood levels (anemic, low platelets, red blood cells and hemaglobin). It was confirmed by a bone marrow biopsy. They did a Guardant360 liquid biopsy (hope spelling is right).

[Shooter1 in reply to Tall_Allen]

Depends on were and how it's growing. My pelvic mets are inside displacing my marrow. We are all different. So doesn't mean yours is in marrow area or not. Onc. should be able to check scan and tell you. Had bone scan today and will have results in a couple of days to see if more or less marrow displacement. I Don't know if shrunken mets let marrow regenerate were it was displaced.(or even if mets have shrunk) Ain't it fun waiting for results and drs appt's.

Doug-AZ

[Hidden in reply to Shooter1]

If mets are resolved, the damaged area will grow new bone and marrow in healing. Scans will tell exactly where the mets are and its involvement.

GD

[joekaty]

Sorry I haven’t been in this site in a while. My husband was diagnosed due to metastasis to bone marrow- only later was the cancer detected in his bones. That is not the usual course of metastasis. It is very evident when it is widespread in marrow as you will stop producing red blood cells. He spent three weeks in ICU getting blood and plasma transfusions until chemo kicked in and he started producing his own red blood cells and they started clotting again. How are you doing now?