Chemotherapy for bone cancer
Chemotherapy works very well for some types of bone cancer, particularly Ewing sarcoma. Doctors often use chemotherapy for osteosarcomas and spindle cell sarcomas as well. It is used with surgery or radiotherapy.
This section is about cancer that starts in your bone (primary bone cancer). If your cancer has spread into bone from another part of the body, it is called secondary bone cancer.
Chemotherapy for bone cancer
Chemotherapy uses anti cancer (cytotoxic) drugs to destroy cancer cells. Find out about having chemotherapy for bone cancer.
Chemotherapy drugs for bone cancer
Several chemotherapy drugs are used for primary bone cancer. The drugs you might have depend on your type of cancer.