Cancers that spread to the spine move to the bone marrow of the vertebral column by way of blood vessels. Spinal cord compression can also occur through direct tumor extension, which is frequently ...

Spinal cord tumors are growths that develop in the spinal canal. These growths can originate from either the spinal cord itself or the bones that surround the spinal cord. Spinal cord tumors make up ...

Sometimes, lung cancer spreads to the spinal column (known as spinal metastasis). Healthcare providers often detect them as bone metastasis (cancer that spreads to the backbones of the spine).

Ironically, a breast cancer diagnosis may have saved Angela Duncan’s life — but in a manner neither she nor her doctors could have anticipated. “Otherwise, the tumor likely would have gone undetected, ...