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A sarcoma is a bone tumor that contains cancer (malignant) cells. A benign bone tumor is an abnormal growth of noncancerous cells. |
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Symptoms
The cause of bone cancer is unknown, but the tendency to develop it may be inherited. Children who have bone tumors a...
Causes
The cause of bone cancer is unknown, but the tendency to develop it may be inherited. Children who have bone tumors a...
Tests
Physical examination and routine x rays may yield enough evidence to diagnose benign bone tumors, but removal of tumo...
Treatments
Since the 1960s, when amputation was the only treatment for bone cancer, new chemotherapy drugs and innovative surgic...
Alternative Therapies
Alternative treatments should never be substituted for conventional bone-cancer treatments or used without the approv...
Complications
Benign brain tumors rarely recur, but sarcomas can reappear after treatment was believed to have eliminated every cel...
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