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An important aspect of coping with osteosarcoma is the potential need for amputation, especially in a young person. Amputation is often an experience similar to bereavement; the patient has lost the body that was whole and is forced to make emotio...
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Amputation is the intentional surgical removal of a limb or body part. It is performed to remove diseased tissue or relieve pain.Arms, legs, hands, feet, fingers, and toes can all be amputated.
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Amputation is the intentional surgical removal of a limb or body part. It is performed to remove diseased tissue or relieve pain.Arms, legs, hands, feet, fingers, and toes can all be amputated.
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Amputation is the surgical removal of a limb or body part. It is performed to remove diseased tissue or relieve pain.Arms, legs, hands, feet, fingers, and toes can all be amputated.
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Metastasis is the movement or spreading of cancer cells from one organ or tissue to another. Cancer cells usually spread through the bloodstream or the lymph system.Whether or not cancer cells metastasize(spread to) to other parts of the body depe...
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Metastasis can refer either to the spread of cancer cells to other parts of the body, or to the condition produced by this spread. The English word metastasis(plural, metastases) comes from a Greek word that means"a change."
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