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Jlaack- It is interesting that you point out about looking for bumps. Lucas has a lump, similar to the ones under his armpits that is now by his abdomen where his umbilicus would be (if he had one!) I was wondering if that was a lipoma or the cancer. The vet seemed to think that the tumors under his armpits were lipomas (fatty tumors) and I am hoping that this growth is a lipoma as well. Maybe not.........
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If it is soft, I wouldn't stress to much about it. My dog has several of these one even shows up on the chest xrays. We had them aspirated (which is a simple non-invasive procedure you can have done if you want) and they all come back fatty tumors. We have since stopped worrying about them even though some have changed shape, size, and new ones have appeared. So long as they aren't growing significantly and don't appear painful (hasn't been the case yet) we aren't going to do anything about them. We have attributed these to the increase of fat in his diet. I know the feeling though, the first time I noticed one I freaked. I do check both my dogs over every day from nose to tail to check for any abnormalities. With bone cancer as you know the tumor is very hard. While it could be something else (sadly it isn't impossible for a dog to have more than one type of cancer at the same time) it is probably just a fatty tumor.