Increased survival of patients aged 0-29 years with osteosarcoma: A period analysis, 1984-2013.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Osteosarcoma is the most common primary malignancy of bone, and typically occurs among children and adolescence. This study aims to evaluate treatment outcomes among children, adolescents and young adults with osteosarcoma over the three decades by the changes in the long-term relative survival.

Methods

Osteosarcoma incidence and relative survival data from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) registries during 1984-2013 were analyzed. The survival differences over three decades, age, sex, race, and socioeconomic status (SES) were assessed by comparing Kaplan-Meier curves.

Results

The overall incidence of osteosarcoma kept relatively stable with 0.4 per 100 000 in the three decades with the peak incidence occurring in the aged 10-19 group. The 10

SUBMITTER: Wu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6089162 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature