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Vertebral Tumors
Vertebral Tumors
Most tumors that affect the vertebrae have spread to the spine from cancer in another part of the body—often the prostate, breast, lung, or kidneys. Although the original (primary) cancer is usually diagnosed before back problems develop, back pain may be the first symptom of disease in many people with metastatic spinal tumors—as the cancer destroys the bone, the vertebrae collapse. If a spinal fracture occurs without known injury or underlying disease, such as osteoporosis, it could signal that a cancer has spread to the spine.
