All information given here is of general nature only, a tumor therapy always belongs in the hands of an experienced oncologist! Synonyms Bone sarcoma, osteogenic sarcoma Definition Osteosarcoma is a malignant bone tumor that belongs to the group of primarily osteogenic (= bone-forming) malignant (= malignant) tumors. Statistical surveys show that osteosarcoma is the most … Osteosarcoma
Occurrence The peak of the disease lies in puberty, which means that osteosarcomas occur very frequently in children and adolescents, mostly between the ages of 10 and 20. The disease predominantly affects male adolescents. Osteosarcomas account for about 15% of all primarily malignant bone tumors, making osteosarcoma the most common malignant bone tumor in (male) … Occurrence | Osteosarcoma
Prognosis The prognosis cannot be formulated in a generalized way. A prognosis for osteosarcoma is always dependent on many individual factors, such as time of diagnosis, initial tumor size, localization, metastasis, response to chemotherapy, extent of tumor removal. It can be said, however, that a five-year survival rate of about 60% can be achieved with … Prognosis | Osteosarcoma
Therapy of the osteosarcoma Previously, therapy was limited to the surgical removal of the osteosarcoma. However, since osteosarcoma has a very strong tendency to form metastases, approximately 20% of all patients already have metastases at the time of diagnosis and probably many more suffer from so-called micrometastases that cannot be diagnosed using conventional diagnostic methods, … Osteosarcoma therapy
