“IF YOUR PAIN IS CAUSING THAT MUCH YOU TO WAKE UP AT NIGHT, IT MIGHT BE ASSOCIATED WITH BONE TUMOR”

Orthopedics and Traumatology Specialist Associate Professor Mahmut Nedim Aytekin (Medicana International Ankara Hospital) stated that everyone at certain periods of life may experience bone pain, but most of these pains are not significant. Dr. Aytekin said that if these pains are very severe and do not go away with painkillers, then there might be a serious condition, even bone tumors, although it is rare. Assoc. Prof. Mahmut Nedim Aytekin informed us that it is vital to make the right diagnosis first and then to start early treatment in the right hands when such a situation comes up.

MALIGN BONE TUMORS (OSTEOSARCOMA AND EWING SARCOMA) OCCUR MORE IN YOUTH

Assoc. Prof. Mahmut Nedim Aytekin explained that the cause of malignant bone tumors, which are more common amongyoung people, is still unknown. Aytekin explained that most of the tumors seen in the bone are benign and that a significant part of these tumors is not even intervened at all.

A DISEASE INCREASING IN NUMBERS AT THESE DAYS

Assoc. Prof. Mahmut Nedim Aytekin statedthat the incidence of cancer is increasing these days, and he said that its name sounds frightening to all of us, but the formation of this perception is because patients with cancer could not be treated in the past and were lost in great pain. He explained that this is no longer the case and that many types of cancer can be treated today. Dr. Aytekin said that the success rate in the treatment of bone cancer is quite high thanks to early diagnosis and treatment, and it is possible to save both life and limbs of the patients with new surgical methods.