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Annals of Oncology 14:1165-1166, 2003
© 2003 European Society for Medical Oncology

Original Paper

ESMO Minimum Clinical Recommendations for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of osteosarcoma

G. Saeter

The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Montebello, Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Oslo, Norway

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   Incidence
 
The crude incidence is 0.3 cases/100 000/year. Peak incidence is in adolescence with a median age at diagnosis of 16 years. Sixty-five per cent of tumours are localised in the extremities; non-extremity tumours are more frequent in elderly patients. The mortality is ~0.15 cases/100 000/year.


   Diagnosis
 
Patients with radiological findings suggesting a bone sarcoma should be referred without prior biopsy to a . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   Staging and risk assessment
 

   Treatment plan
 
Localised tumours
Metastatic disease and recurrent disease

   Follow-up
 

   Note
 

   Literature
 

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