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Bone Scan Prostate Cancer
Tumor - bone; Bone cancer
Symptoms
- Bone fracture, especially fracture from slight injury (trauma)
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Bone pain , may be worse at night - Occasionally a mass and swelling can be felt at the tumor site
Note: Some benign tumors have no symptoms.
Signs and tests
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Alkaline phosphatase blood level Bone biopsy Bone scan -
MRI of the bone and surrounding tissue X-ray of bone
This disease may also affect the results of the following tests:
Alkaline phosphatase isoenzyme - Blood calcium level
Parathyroid hormone Bl...
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