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OSTEOSARCOMA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Malignant bone tumor; most common in children and young adults where it tends to affect the femur
Synonyms:
osteogenic sarcoma; osteosarcoma
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("osteosarcoma" is a kind of...):
sarcoma (a usually malignant tumor arising from connective tissue (bone or muscle etc.); one of the four major types of cancer)
Context examples:
Osteosarcomas arising from Paget disease of the bone are high grade lesions and usually have a poor prognosis.
(Osteosarcoma Arising in Paget Disease of Bone, NCI Thesaurus)
An osteosarcoma arising from the soft tissues and remains confined to the primary anatomical site.
(Non-Metastatic Extraskeletal Osteosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A conventional osteosarcoma characterized by the predominance of osteoid matrix.
(Osteoblastic Osteosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A regimen consisting of cisplatin, doxorubicin, and methotrexate used as an adjuvant treatment for localized childhood osteosarcoma.
(Cisplatin-Doxorubicin-Methotrexate Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)
Patients with the inherited form appear to be at increased risk for secondary nonocular malignancies such as osteosarcoma, malignant fibrous histiocytoma, and fibrosarcoma.
(Hereditary Retinoblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Some types of primary bone cancer are osteosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, malignant fibrous histiocytoma, and chondrosarcoma.
(Bone Cancer, NCI Dictionary)
An osteosarcoma arising from breast tissue.
(Breast Extraskeletal Osteosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Representative examples include angiosarcoma, liposarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, and extraskeletal osteosarcoma.
(Breast Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Patients with this disorder have an increased risk of cancer, especially leukemia and osteosarcoma (bone cancer).
(Bloom syndrome, NCI Dictionary)
They also have an increased risk of leukemia and sarcoma, especially osteosarcoma (bone cancer).
(Blackfan–Diamond anemia, NCI Dictionary)
