Osteosarcoma

Oct 30, 2023

Bone sarcoma is a rare and aggressive form of cancer that develops in bone tissue. The likelihood of a person being diagnosed with primary bone sarcoma and their recovery prospects depend on various unique factors. In 2023, it is expected that 4,000 individuals across all age groups in the United States will receiv...

Feb 28, 2022

Osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma are two of the most common malignancies of bone tissues present in children. Osteosarcoma treatment usually involves surgery and chemotherapy and Ewing sarcoma treatment typically begins with chemotherapy only. Dr. James Ewing who described the tumor in the 1920’s distinguished the tu...

Jun 02, 2021

Over the past few decades, the incidence and prevalence of Cancer have grown significantly which has resulted in low quality of life and the survival rate. Today, cancer is the second leading cause of death globally, as per the WHO, in 2018, nearly 9.6 million people worldwide lost their life due to cancer. Cancer ...

Oct 05, 2020

The current treatment approach for high-grade Osteosarcoma is conventional surgical resection of the primary tumor, along with systemic chemotherapies and radiation therapies in case of metastases and recurrence. Despite the rarity of Osteosarcoma, cancer poses a major global health burden with a global incidence r...

Oct 02, 2020

Osteosarcomas are rare, yet are the leading cause of deaths due to cancer in the pediatric population. It is a high-grade malignancy of mesenchymal origins. They are the most frequent forms of primary bone tumors and account for approximately 20% of all the bone tumors. With the incident population of less than 250...