Methods of Treatment of Osteosarcoma

Treatment of osteosarcoma with surgery is a treatment method that is often performed, which includes:

1. Curettage: By cutting the bone wall containing tumor, tumor tissue menguret clean existing bone wall.

2. Surgical resection: With remove the tumor from the base (in) that appear to grow out of the bone.

3. Operation amputation: By cutting a section of bone where the tumor grows.

What are the methods of treatment of osteosarcoma ?

Methods of treatment through food

1. Keeping the balance of nutrition, diet rich in diversity.

2. Many consume fresh vegetables and fruits.

3. No smoking, alcoholic beverages and spicy foods.

Through psychological methods of treatment

1. Creating a harmonious atmosphere and a comfortable and safe environment, to provide a sense of safety in patients with osteosarcoma.

2. At the appropriate time explaining knowledge about the disease osteosarcoma patients, helping patients build confidence against cancer.

3. Family members should take the initiative to give attention and support in osteosarcoma patients, relieve loneliness and despair of patients and other negative emotions.

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The Cause of Osteosarcoma ?

The cause of osteosarcoma is still not entirely certain, in the past known chronic minor injuries and chronic infection can lead to osteosarcoma. At the same time, excessive bone growth, chronic inflammation, genetic factors, viral infection specifically, the return flow of blood in the bone is not smooth, exposure to radiation and other factors, may be associated with osteosarcoma.

Early symptoms of osteosarcoma ?

1. Pathological bone deformation may occur.

2. Appears back pain continuously inexplicable.

3. Without apparent reason, the body appears fracture in one or many places.

4. Because the tumor blood vessel pressing on the nerve, resulting in numbness of the distal limb.

5. Bone surface appeared a hard lump, no symptoms of pain or no pain.

6. Emerging inflamed symptoms, weight loss, fatigue, and decreased ability to move other

7. Bone and joint pain or swelling appears, the pain is a constant dull pain or pain during compression.

Methods of diagnosis of osteosarcoma ?

1. Bone scan: By injecting small doses of contrast material and uses a special camera to detect the device, it can display the picture of the bone.

2. Imaging examination: inspection equipment such as X-rays, CT scans, MRI and other equipment, can help physicians to assess the site of tumor involvement.

3. Biopsy: By taking a small piece of tumor tissue for examination related to osteosarcoma, among others include:

(1) Biopsy network via needle aspiration : The doctor uses a thin needle to take a small piece of tumor tissue.

(2) Surgical biopsy: The doctor cut the skin, raised tumor tissue in whole or in part of the tumor tissue, then checks osteosarcoma.

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Osteosarcoma

Osteosarcoma is a general term for a malignant bone tumor, osteosarcoma frequently encountered include osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, fibrosarcoma, and so forth. Osteosarcoma is a malignant systemic disease that occurs in bone cells, hematopoietic components in bone, cartilage and fibrous or synovial material.

In clinical osteosarcoma can be divided into primary osteosarcoma and secondary osteosarcoma. Secondary osteosarcoma often occur in the hip, spine, thigh and other bones. Primary malignant tumors of bone are rare, most metastases of osteosarcoma is a place or another network (for example, breast cancer, thyroid cancer, prostate cancer, etc.), can be called again as metastatic osteosarcoma.

How high incidence rate of osteosarcoma?

Osteosarcoma accounts for approximately 0.2% of total cancer. In the whole world, every year approximately 2890 people diagnosed with osteosarcoma, approximately 1410 people die from osteosarcoma. In osteosarcoma most frequently encountered are osteosarcoma, occupies about 30%. The incidence rate of osteosarcoma in young age is rather high, mostly in the age of onset of 10-20 years, the incidence rate of osteosarcoma comparison between men and women as much as 2: 1.

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