Osteosarcoma Synonyms

ŏstē-ō-sär-kōmə
Malignant bone tumor; most common in children and young adults where it tends to affect the femur
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. osteogenic sarcoma

Words Related to Osteosarcoma

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. chondrosarcoma
  2. sarcoma
  3. medulloblastoma
  4. plasmacytoma
  5. rhabdomyosarcoma
  6. cryptorchidism
  7. sinonasal
  8. ependymoma
  9. lipoma

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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