Is metastatic osteosarcoma curable?

Metastatic osteosarcoma About 1 out of 5 osteosarcomas have spread already when they are first diagnosed. These cancers are harder to treat, but some can be cured if the metastases can be removed by surgery.

Is osteosarcoma always fatal?

What are the survival rates for osteosarcoma? If the disease is localized (has not spread to other areas of the body), the long-term survival rate is 70 to 75%. If osteosarcoma has already spread to the lungs or other bones at diagnosis, the long-term survival rate is about 30%.

Is osteosarcoma a fast growing cancer?

The types of osteosarcoma include: High-grade. This is fast-growing cancer. Most osteosarcoma in children is high-grade.

What are the prognosis of patients with osteosarcoma?

Survival and prognosis with osteosarcoma: outcomes in more than 2000 patients in the EURAMOS-1 (European and American Osteosarcoma Study) cohort In conclusion, data from >2000 patients registered to EURAMOS-1 demonstrated survival rates in concordance with institution- or group-level osteosarcoma trials.

When was the first stage of osteosarcoma diagnosed?

Distant: The cancer has spread to distant parts of the body, such as to the lungs or to bones in other parts of the body. These numbers are based on people diagnosed with osteosarcoma between 2010 and 2016. These numbers apply only to the stage of the cancer when it is first diagnosed.

How is the spread of osteosarcoma defined?

Regional: The cancer has spread outside the bone and into nearby structures, or it has reached nearby lymph nodes. Distant: The cancer has spread to distant parts of the body, such as to the lungs or to bones in other parts of the body. These numbers are based on people diagnosed with osteosarcoma between 2009 and 2015.

Which is the best hospital for osteosarcoma treatment?

18SSG Lund University, Lund, Sweden. 19EOI Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore; Cancer Institute, University College London, London, UK. 20COSS Klinik Schillerhöhe – Thoraxchirurgie Gerlingen, Germany. 21EOI Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.