Epidemiology of musculoskeletal tumors in a national referral orthopedic department. A study of 3482 cases

Highlights • Malignant bone tumors represent one fifth of all primary bone lesions. • Estimated incidence of osteosarcoma is 1.68/million/year. • Incidences of chondrosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma are 0.79 and 0.76, respectively. • More than 50% of patients with bone tumors are younger than 30 years. •...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Cancer epidemiology 2015-06, Vol.39 (3), p.298-302
Hauptverfasser:	Bergovec, Marko, Kubat, Ozren, Smerdelj, Miroslav, Seiwerth, Sven, Bonevski, Aleksandra, Orlic, Dubravko
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Age Age Distribution Aged Aged, 80 and over Biopsy Bone cancer Bone cysts Bone Neoplasms - epidemiology Cancer Child Child, Preschool Chondroma Chondrosarcoma Clinical outcomes Cysts Epidemiology Ewing Female Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine Histology Humans Incidence Infant Internal Medicine Knee Male Medical records Mens health Middle Aged Mortality Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue - epidemiology Osteochondroma Osteosarcoma Patients Retrospective Studies Sarcoma Sex Distribution Smooth muscle Tumors Womens health Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights • Malignant bone tumors represent one fifth of all primary bone lesions. • Estimated incidence of osteosarcoma is 1.68/million/year. • Incidences of chondrosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma are 0.79 and 0.76, respectively. • More than 50% of patients with bone tumors are younger than 30 years. • There is no change in musculoskeletal tumor incidence during the last 30 years.
ISSN:	1877-7821 1877-783X
DOI:	10.1016/j.canep.2015.01.015