Study identifies a novel mechanism driving osteosarcoma and provides insights to help predict patient outcomes. Osteosarcoma is a type of aggressive bone cancer that most commonly affects children ...

A major driver of the bone cancer osteosarcoma has been discovered by researchers from UCL, EMBL EBI and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, providing insights that could help to predict ...

bone scans, a needle biopsy, and a surgical biopsy. The main concern with osteosarcoma is the cancerous cells can metastasize ...

Osteosarcoma is a type of aggressive bone cancer that most commonly affects children and young adults between the ages of 10 and 20, during times of rapid bone growth.

After finally getting a MRI scan in December 2023 the devastating diagnosis was revealed: osteosarcoma. Doctors informed her that amputation was the only way to prevent the cancer from spreading.

The status has been given to the B7-H3-targeted drug as a treatment for late-line relapsed or refractory osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer with no FDA-approved treatments. The coveted ...

A student whose persistent knee pain turned out to be a rare bone cancer has had her leg amputated in a life-saving operation after it suddenly ballooned in size. Alicia Ortstad, a salad shop ...

Bone cancer is characterized by uncontrolled growth of cells of the bone. Primary bone cancer (that arises directly in the bone), is relatively rare. Different types of bone tissue give rise to ...

Supported by her boyfriend, fellow osteosarcoma amputee Simon Pettersson, 21, Alicia’s leg was removed in January 2024. She is determined she will not let her trauma “define” her and within weeks the ...

Osteosarcoma remains the most common primary bone cancer, as it accounts for 20% to 40% of all bone cancers and primarily manifests in children and young adults. However, the disease is rare and has ...