Chapter 81: Osteogenic

Osteosarcoma
Janet M. Hock and Ching C. Lau

From the Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases

and Disorders of Mineral Metabolism, 7th Edition.
www.asbmrprimer.org

Figure 1

Figure 1 Incidence of human osteogenic osteosarcoma shown as number of cases per decade of life in
the United States. Sixty-six percent (698/1052 cases) of osteosarcoma occurs in the first 30 yr of life; 44%
of cases (462/1052 cases) occur between 10 and 19 yr of age. SEER data 20002004.
2008 American Society for Bone and Mineral Research