An Overview of Osteosarcoma and its Treatment

Overview

Osteosarcoma is an aggressive form of bone cancer that can form in children and newly adults. It is generate by the increase of malignant cells in the bones, generally in the long bones of the legs and arms. Cause of this disease is not fully known, factors such as genetics and previous exposure to radiation or chemotherapy may leads the risk of developing this in body.

In this Blog, we will discuss the

• Symptoms of Osteosarcoma
• Diagnosis of Osteosarcoma
• Treatment of Osteosarcoma

Symptoms of Osteosarcoma

First symptoms is likely begin from the tumor. Pain is the common symptom of Osteosarcoma, which can leads spread to other body parts also. Other may include swelling, less motion, and a lump or mass in the area which is affected. Sometime, the tumor can make the bone weak, which can make fracture.

Diagnosis of Osteosarcoma

Doctor will generally perform physical exam, look out the patient's medical history, and arrange imaging tests which include X-rays, CT scans, and MRI scans. Biopsy is also can be an option to confirms and determine the stage of the cancer.

Treatment of Osteosarcoma

The treatment of osteosarcoma consist a surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy which can help to remove the tumor, preserve the affected limb, and prevent the cancer from spreading to other parts of the body.

• Surgery is usually perform first in this process for the removal of osteosarcoma. Size and location is the major factor, the surgeon can also take out the affected bone and surrounding tissue, followed by correction of the limb using a metal implant.
• Chemotherapy is done to reduce the size the tumor.
• Radiation therapy is used to kill cancer cells which cannot removed by surgery.

Recent Research

Apart from treatment of osteosarcoma, this disease remains challenging to treat the patient, generally cancer get spread to other parts of the body. Recently research has led to promising new treatments and a better understanding of the underlying biology of osteosarcoma.

Some parts of research focuses on the use of immunotherapy, which can act as a shield of body's immune system via target and destroy cancer origin cells. Practices are currently ongoing to find the result of immunotherapy in treating osteosarcoma.

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