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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
; which is logical because the growth centers of the bone are more active during the puberty to adolescence time period. | |||
==Epidemilogy and Demographics== | ==Epidemilogy and Demographics== | ||
*Osteosarcoma is the 6<sup>th</sup> leading [[cancer]] in children under age 15, comprising 2.4% of all malignancies in [[pediatric]] patients, and about 20% of all primary bone cancers. | *Osteosarcoma is the 6<sup>th</sup> leading [[cancer]] in children under age 15, comprising 2.4% of all malignancies in [[pediatric]] patients, and about 20% of all primary bone cancers. | ||
*Osteosarcoma affects approximately 400 children under age 20 and 500 adults (most between the ages of 15-30) every year in the USA. Approximately 1/3 of the 900 will die each year, or about 300 a year. | *Osteosarcoma affects approximately 400 children under age 20 and 500 adults (most between the ages of 15-30) every year in the USA. Approximately 1/3 of the 900 will die each year, or about 300 a year. | ||
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==Location== | ==Location== | ||
*It originates more frequently in the [[metaphysis|metaphyseal]] region of tubular long bones, with 42% occurring in the femur, 19% in the tibia, and 10% in the humerus, 8% in the skull and jaw, and another 8% in the pelvis. | *It originates more frequently in the [[metaphysis|metaphyseal]] region of tubular long bones, with 42% occurring in the femur, 19% in the tibia, and 10% in the humerus, 8% in the skull and jaw, and another 8% in the pelvis. | ||
==Gender== | |||
*There is a slight male predominance. | |||
==Age== | |||
*Primary osteosarcoma typically occurs in young patients (10-20 years) with 75% occurring before the age of 20. | |||
*Secondary osteosarcoma occurs in the elderly patients. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 17:58, 23 September 2015
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
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Overview
- which is logical because the growth centers of the bone are more active during the puberty to adolescence time period.
Epidemilogy and Demographics
- Osteosarcoma is the 6th leading cancer in children under age 15, comprising 2.4% of all malignancies in pediatric patients, and about 20% of all primary bone cancers.
- Osteosarcoma affects approximately 400 children under age 20 and 500 adults (most between the ages of 15-30) every year in the USA. Approximately 1/3 of the 900 will die each year, or about 300 a year.
- A second peak in incidence occurs in the elderly, usually associated with an underlying bone pathology such as Paget's disease, medullary infarct, or prior irradiation.
- Although about 90% of patients are able to have limb-salvage surgery, complications, such as infection, prosthetic loosening and non-union, or local tumor recurrence may cause the need for further surgery or amputation.
Incidence
- Incidence rates for osteosarcoma in U.S. patients under 20 years of age are estimated at 5.0 per million per year in the general population
- It is slightly more common in males (5.4 per million per year) than in females (4.0 per million per year).
Location
- It originates more frequently in the metaphyseal region of tubular long bones, with 42% occurring in the femur, 19% in the tibia, and 10% in the humerus, 8% in the skull and jaw, and another 8% in the pelvis.
Gender
- There is a slight male predominance.
Age
- Primary osteosarcoma typically occurs in young patients (10-20 years) with 75% occurring before the age of 20.
- Secondary osteosarcoma occurs in the elderly patients.