Definition of Osteogenic sarcoma

1. Noun. Malignant bone tumor; most common in children and young adults where it tends to affect the femur.

Exact synonyms: Osteosarcoma
Generic synonyms: Sarcoma

Medical Definition of Osteogenic sarcoma

1. A primary malignant bone cancer that arises from the cells which produce bone. It is most commonly seen in the second and third decades of life. Genetic factors appear to be important in the development of this illness. Paget's disease may be a predisposing cause. Treatment involves a combination of surgery and chemotherapy. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Osteogenic Sarcoma

osteoectasia
osteoectomy
osteoepiphysis
osteofibroma
osteofibrosis
osteoformation
osteogen
osteogeneses
osteogenesis
osteogenesis imperfecta
osteogenetic
osteogenetic fibres
osteogenetic layer
osteogenic
osteogenic cell
osteogenic sarcoma (current term)
osteogenic tissue
osteogenin
osteogenous
osteogens
osteogeny
osteographer
osteographies
osteography
osteohalisteresis
osteohistological
osteohistologically
osteohistology
osteohypertrophy
osteoid

Literary usage of Osteogenic sarcoma

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1922)
"As denned by Greenough, Simmons, and Harmer, an osteogenic sarcoma is one which ... Since "osteogenic sarcoma" means a real clinical entity to those of us ..."

2. Neoplastic Diseases: A Treatise on Tumors by James Ewing (1922)
"The anatomic varieties of osteogenic sarcoma result from exaggeration of bone production, as in sclerosing osteogenic sarcoma, or overgrowth of ..."

3. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1922)
"Now in regard to the term osteogenic sarcoma,' this may be said: Osteogenic means bone-forming; and if a sarcoma in bone forms bone, the more bone it forms ..."

4. Crossing Boundaries: Statistical Essays in Honor of Jack Hall by William Jackson Hall, John Edward Kolassa, David Oakes (2003)
"[6] present results of a study of 46 patients treated for nonmetastatic osteogenic sarcoma. The treatment was considered successful if the patient was ..."

5. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"... rates for each of several tumors Note in particular the large gains made for Wilm's tumor (kidney), osteogenic sarcoma, and leukemia bility for a cure. ..."

6. Adventure Guide to the Alaska Highway by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"He was diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma, bone cancer, at 18 and had his right leg amputated six inches above the knee in 1977. But instead of lying down ..."

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