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Primary bone cancer is a disease that begins in your bone. There are 3 types of bone cancer; Osteosarcoma, Ewing’s Sarcoma and Chondrosarcoma. Osteosarcoma and Ewing’s Sarcoma are usually diagnosed in children and young adults while Chondrosarcoma is normally found in people over the age of 50 years old. It is not clear why, but Caucasian males are more likely to be diagnosed with any type of bone cancer than those of women or of African-American or Asian descent. If your primary cancer of the bone has not metastasized, or spread to other regions of your body, it is fairly treatable with a course or two of chemotherapy or radiation after the surgical removal of your tumor. You will be given a stage 1 cancer diagnosis, which is the best case scenario.