Osteosarcoma incidence and survival rates from 1973 to 2004: Data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program

By L. Mirabello, R. Troisi, Sharon A. Savage. Cancer, 2009

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Osteosarcoma, which is the most common primary bone tumor, occurs most frequently in adolescents, but there is a second incidence peak among individuals aged >60 years. Most osteosarcoma epidemiology studies have been embedded in large analyses of all bone tumors or focused on cases occurring in adolescence. Detailed descriptions of osteosarcoma incidence and survival with direct comparisons among patients of all ages and ethnicities are not available.

Subfields: Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery

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• Current and future therapeutic approaches for osteosarcoma (2018, background): “2 per million in the United States each year).[5-6] The peak incidence in adolescence at a time of rapid growth, a predilection for the long bones of the extremities, and a lower age of peak incidence in adolescent female patients (who enter puberty sooner than males) have led researchers to hypothe”