Childhood Cancer: Osteosarcoma
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Description: Information for parents about the most common type of bone cancer. Includes risks, symptoms, diagnosis, various treatments, prognosis, and side effects.
Teachers - Looking for Health Lessons? Visit KidsHealth in the Classroom Osteosarcoma is the most common type of bone cancer, and the sixth most common type of cancer in children. Although other types of cancer can eventually spread to parts of the skeleton, osteosarcoma is one of the few that actually begin in bones and sometimes spread (or metastasize) elsewhere, usually to the lungs or other bones.
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| Page title: | Osteosarcoma |
| Keywords: | my child has cancers, osteoblasts, retinoblastoma, li-fraumeni syndrome, inherited dna mutations, pain, swelling, legs, arms, broken bones, bone scan, amputations, limb-salvage surgery, low-grade osteosarcomas, high-grade osteosarcomas, intermediate-grade osteosarcomas, metastatic osteosarcomas, localized osteosarcomas, cancerous tumors, benign, malignant, chemotherapy, metastasizes, cancer is spreading, radiation therapy, surgery, tissue biopsy, medical tests, laboratory tests, hair loss, fevers, infections, genetic conditions, environmental toxins, oncology, orthopedics, orthopaedics, CD1Bone Tumors, CD1Oncology |
| Description: | Osteosarcoma is the most common type of bone cancer. Boys are more likely to have osteosarcoma than girls, and most cases of osteosarcoma involve the knee. |
| IP-address: | 208.67.123.164 |