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Osteosarcoma prevention
Introduction
Prevention
Prevention
- There is no established method for the prevention of osteosarcoma.
- However, certain factors, such as previous radiation therapy or certain genetic disorders increase the development risk[1][2].
References
References
- ↑ Luetke A, Meyers PA, Lewis I, Juergens H (May 2014). “Osteosarcoma treatment – where do we stand? A state of the art review”. Cancer Treat. Rev. 40 (4): 523–32. doi:10.1016/j.ctrv.2013.11.006. PMID 24345772.
- ↑ Anderson ME (January 2016). “Update on Survival in Osteosarcoma”. Orthop. Clin. North Am. 47 (1): 283–92. doi:10.1016/j.ocl.2015.08.022. PMID 26614941.
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