The osteosarcoma (bone cancer) section under diagnosis and treatment by cancer type has been updated

Osteosarcomas (bone cancers) are rare tumors, but among ages 15 - 19 they are the 5th most common cancer. Effective chemotherapy has dramatically improved survival. It can achieve local disease control up to %80 - 90. Unlike other cancers, however, osteosarcomas are known to spread to other organs much earlier. These metastases cause most deaths from the disease.

When disease burden is low and multiple metastases have not yet been detected, chemotherapy can successfully eliminate hidden metastases. Because of its importance, all osteosarcoma patients receive postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy, and many also receive preoperative neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

In this section, I aimed to provide the information you want about osteosarcoma, estimated to affect nearly 200 new patients annually in our country.

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