ON THIS PAGE: You will find information about the estimated number of children and teens who will be diagnosed with osteosarcoma each year. You will also read general information on surviving the disease. Remember, survival rates depend on several factors, and no 2 people with cancer are the same. Use the menu to see other pages.
ON THIS PAGE: You will find some basic information about this disease and the parts of the body it may affect. This is the first page of Cancer.Net’s Guide to Osteosarcoma in Childhood and Adolescence. Use the menu to see other pages. Think of that menu as a roadmap for this entire guide.
ON THIS PAGE: You will find some helpful links to other areas of Cancer.Net that provide information about cancer care and treatment. This is the final page of Cancer.Net’s Guide to Osteosarcoma in Childhood and Adolescence. Use the menu to go back and see other pages.
Cancer.Net includes many other sections about the medical and emotional aspects of cancer, both for the person diagnosed and their family members and friends. This website is meant to be a resource for you and your loved ones from the time of diagnosis, through treatment, and beyond.
ON THIS PAGE: You will find some questions to ask your child's doctor or other members of the health care team to help you and your family better understand your child’s diagnosis, treatment plan, and overall care. Use the menu to see other pages.
ON THIS PAGE: You will read about your child’s medical care after cancer treatment is finished and why this follow-up care is important. Use the menu to see other pages.
Care for children diagnosed with cancer does not end when active treatment has finished. Your child’s health care team will continue to check that the cancer has not come back, manage any side effects, and monitor your child’s overall health. This is called follow-up care. All children and teens treated for cancer, including osteosarcoma, should have life-long follow-up care.
ON THIS PAGE: You will learn more about coping with the physical, emotional, social, and financial effects of childhood cancer and its treatment. Use the menu to see other pages.
Every cancer treatment can cause side effects or changes to your child’s body and how they feel. For many reasons, people do not experience the same side effects even when they are given the same treatment for the same type of cancer. This can make it hard to predict how your child will feel during treatment.
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ON THIS PAGE: You will read about the scientific research being done to learn more about osteosarcoma and how to treat it. Use the menu to see other pages.
ON THIS PAGE: You will learn about the different types of treatments doctors use for children and teens with osteosarcoma. Use the menu to see other pages.
ON THIS PAGE: You will learn about how doctors describe a cancer’s growth or spread. This is called the stage. Use the menu to see other pages.
Staging is a way of describing where the tumor is located, if or where it has spread, and whether it is affecting other parts of the body.
ON THIS PAGE: You will find a list of common tests, procedures, and scans that doctors use to find the cause of a medical problem. Use the menu to see other pages.
Doctors use many tests to find, or diagnose, cancer. They also do tests to learn if cancer has spread to another part of the body from where it started. If the cancer has spread, it is called metastasis. Doctors may also do tests to learn which treatments could work best.
