Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A malignant bone tumor. Also called osteogenic sarcoma.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. A type of cancer of the bone
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. A tumor having the structure of a sarcoma in which there is a deposit of bone; sarcoma connected with bone.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A tumor composed of intermingled bony and sarcomatous tissue.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. malignant bone tumor; most common in children and young adults where it tends to affect the femur
Etymologies
Examples
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If osteosarcoma is suspected based on X-rays or other imaging tests, a sample of the tumor (a biopsy) will be examined under the microscope to confirm the diagnosis.
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“It’s called osteosarcoma, which is a type of bone cancer that kids get.”
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(END VIDEO CLIP) GUPTA: You may not know but Teddy Junior had osteosarcoma, which is another type of cancer.
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During the drug testing process, the medicine in FORTEO caused some rats to develop a bone cancer called osteosarcoma.
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It ended up being a disease called osteosarcoma bone cancer, which is a rare form of mainly childhood bone cancer.
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The 12-year NBA veteran from the University of Oklahoma was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, which is also known as cancer in ...
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Recently, investigators found SV40 DNA in biopsy specimens obtained from patients with cancers such as mesothelioma (lung), osteosarcoma (bone) and non-Hodgkins lymphoma (lymph nodes).
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Surgery remains a very important part of osteosarcoma treatment.
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The most common bone tumors in children are osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma.
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Before the development of chemotherapy, almost all patients with osteosarcoma died, even though the primary (original) tumor was treated with surgery.
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