Osteosarcoma definition

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osteosarcomas osteosarcomata
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A malignant bone tumor.
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A common type of sarcoma of the bone characterized by rapid spreading, esp. to the lungs, and pain, swelling, etc. in the large, long bones.
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A malignant bone tumor.
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A type of cancer of the bone.
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Noun

Singular:
osteosarcoma
Plural:
osteosarcomas, osteosarcomata

Origin of osteosarcoma

  • osteo- +"Ž sarcoma

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Osteosarcoma Sentence Examples

  • The use of methotrexate high-dose regimens recommended for osteosarcoma requires meticulous care due to the potential for additive or synergistic renal toxicity.

  • These results strongly suggest that Rb gene alteration is pertinent to the tumorigenesis of most osteosarcoma cases and some other bone and soft-tissue tumors.

  • Children with osteosarcoma (bone cancer) and other solid tumors are candidates for surgery, however.

  • Osteogenic sarcoma, or osteosarcoma, is the most common form of bone cancer, accounts for 6 percent of all instances of the disease, and for about 5 percent of all cancers that occur in children.

  • Nine hundred new cases of osteosarcoma are diagnosed in the United States every year.

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