How can cancer cause hip pain?
ANSWER
Tumors that start in the bone or that spread to the bone can cause pain in the hips, as well as in other bones of the body.
From: Hip Pain: Causes and Treatment WebMD Medical Reference
Reviewed by Neha Pathak on March 22, 2018
SOURCES:
American Family Physician , Oct. 15, 1999.
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons: "Osteoarthritis of the Hip," "Inflammatory Arthritis of the Hip."
Firestein, Gary S. , 2008. Kelley's Textbook of Rheumatology
American Family Physician , Feb. 1, 2003.
SOURCES:
American Family Physician , Oct. 15, 1999.
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons: "Osteoarthritis of the Hip," "Inflammatory Arthritis of the Hip."
Firestein, Gary S. , 2008. Kelley's Textbook of Rheumatology
American Family Physician , Feb. 1, 2003.
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