Tailbone pain is often a short-term problem, but in rare cases, it can be a sign of cancer either at the coccyx or cancer that's spread from elsewhere in the body. Talk to your healthcare provider ...

A once “fit and healthy” 25-year-old woman, whose lower back pain was initially misdiagnosed, died from bone cancer less than a year after a tumour was finally discovered in her pelvis. When Kate ...

A 60-year-old man with a significant smoking history and breast cancer presented to the emergency department with severe back and left lower extremity pain. Clinical evaluation revealed metastatic ...

Young patients often struggle to get early diagnosis of cancer leading to delays and more advanced stages of disease.

Lower spine pain can develop due to sprains and strains of muscles or changes to the discs in the lower back. Conditions that affect the facet joints of the vertebrae may also cause lower spine pain.