Osteosarcoma

What is osteosarcoma?
Osteosarcoma is a disease in which cancer (malignant) cells are found in the bone. It is the most common type of bone cancer. Osteosarcoma most often occurs in adolescents and young adults.
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Osteosarcoma affects children most often between 10 and 25 years of age. This cancer is also more prevalent in males than in females, possibly because of the rapid growth rate at this age.
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Osteosarcoma: A cancer of the bone that occurs predominantly in adolescents and young adults. It accounts for 5 percent of cancer in children.
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Osteosarcoma is a rare cancer that strikes only two in every 1 million people in the United States each year. About 60% of osteosarcomas develop in people between the ages of 10 and 20, most often during the growth spurt of adolescence.
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Osteosarcoma and Ewing's sarcoma occur most often in children, adolescents and young adults, ages 10 to 25. Chondrosarcoma is more common in adults.
Treatment of bone cancer depends on the type of bone cancer, as well as its location, size and stage.
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osteosarcoma (AHS-tee-o-sar-KO-ma)
A cancer of the bone that usually affects the large bones of the arm or leg. It occurs most commonly in young people and affects more males than females. Also called osteogenic sarcoma.
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ImmTher Designated orphan drug for the treatment of osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma.
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Osteosarcoma is treated by surgical removal of the cancerous bone tissue and usually requires the amputation of the affected limb.
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Malignant bone tumors include osteosarcomas, Ewing's sarcoma, fibrosarcoma, and chondrosarcoma. The most common cancers that spread to the bone are cancer of the breast, lung, prostate, kidney, and thyroid.
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Patients with hereditary RB are also at increased risk of developing tumors outside the eye, including pinealomas (in the pineal gland of the brain), osteosarcomas, soft tissue sarcomas, and melanomas.
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Osteochondrosis (Osgood-Schlatter Disease)
Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Osteogenic Sarcoma (Osteosarcoma)
Osteomalacia
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