Osteogenic sarcoma (medical condition): Osteosarcoma is the most common type of malignant bone cancer, accounting for 35% of primary bone malignancies. There is a preference for the metaphyseal region of tubular long bones. 50% of cases occur around the knee.
See also:
Osteosarcoma:
»Introduction: Osteosarcoma
»Symptoms of Osteosarcoma
»Causes of Osteosarcoma
»Tests for Osteosarcoma
»Treatments for Osteosarcoma
Osteogenic sarcoma: [MIM*259500] the most common and malignant of bone sarcomas, which arises from bone-forming cells and affects chiefly the ends of long bones; its greatest incidence is in the age group between 10 and 25 years. SYN: osteosarcoma.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Osteogenic sarcoma: malignant bone tumor; most common in children and young adults where it tends to affect the femur.
Source: WordNet 2.1
Osteogenic sarcoma: A sarcoma originating in bone-forming cells, affecting the ends of long bones. It is the most common and most malignant of sarcomas of the bones, and occurs chiefly among 10- to 25-year-old youths. (From Stedman, 25th ed)
Source: Diseases Database
These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Osteogenic sarcoma:
Osteogenic sarcoma is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Osteogenic sarcoma, or a subtype of Osteogenic sarcoma,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Osteogenic sarcoma as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
Osteogenic sarcoma: Another name for Osteosarcoma (or close medical condition association).
»Introduction: Osteosarcoma
»Symptoms of Osteosarcoma
»Causes of Osteosarcoma
»Treatments for Osteosarcoma
Osteogenic sarcoma: Osteogenic sarcoma is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:
Some of the causes of Osteogenic sarcoma are included in the list below:
Read more about causes of Osteogenic sarcoma (Osteosarcoma)
Some of the symptoms of Osteogenic sarcoma incude:
See full list of 7 symptoms of Osteogenic sarcoma (Osteosarcoma)
Treatments for Osteogenic sarcoma (Osteosarcoma) include:
See full list of 9 treatments for Osteogenic sarcoma
Treatment of Osteogenic sarcoma: For more treatment information about Osteogenic sarcoma, see treatment of Osteosarcoma (Osteogenic sarcoma)
These medical disease topics may be related to Osteogenic sarcoma:
Source: Diseases Database
Source - NIH
Source - WordNet 2.1
Source - WordNet 2.1
Source: CRISP
The following list attempts to classify Osteogenic sarcoma into categories where each line is subset of the next.
Source: WordNet 2.1
Source: Diseases Database
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