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Osteosarcoma

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Abstract

Osteosarcoma is the most common primary malignant tumour of the bone. Osteosarcoma incidence is bimodal, peaking at 18 and 60 years of age, and is slightly more common in males. The key pathophysiological mechanism involves several possible genetic drivers of disease linked to bone formation, causing malignant progression and metastasis. While there have been significant improvements in the outcome of patients with localized disease, with event-free survival outcomes exceeding 60%, in patients with metastatic disease, event-free survival outcomes remain poor at less than 30%. The suspicion of osteosarcoma based on radiographs still requires pathological evaluation of a bone biopsy specimen for definitive diagnosis and CT imaging of the chest should be performed to identify lung nodules. So far, population-based screening and surveillance strategies have not been implemented due to the rarity of osteosarcoma and the lack of reliable markers. Current screening focuses only on groups at high risk such as patients with genetic cancer predisposition syndromes. Management of osteosarcoma requires a multidisciplinary team of paediatric and medical oncologists, orthopaedic and general surgeons, pathologists, radiologists and specialist nurses. Survivors of osteosarcoma require specialized medical follow-up, as curative treatment consisting of chemotherapy and surgery has long-term adverse effects, which also affect the quality of life of patients. The development of osteosarcoma model systems and related research as well as the evaluation of new treatment approaches are ongoing to improve disease outcomes, especially for patients with metastases. Osteosarcoma is the most common primary malignant tumour of the bone. This Primer by Gorlick and colleagues summarizes the epidemiology, mechanisms, diagnosis and treatment of this disorder as well as the quality of life of patients and open research questions.

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Crossref · 10.1038/s41572-022-00409-y

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    Osteosarcoma arises from a multipotent mesenchymal precursor.

    “This microscopic phenotype has long fuelled the assumption that osteosarcoma arises from a multipotent mesenchymal precursor.”
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    Population-based screening and surveillance strategies for osteosarcoma have not been implemented because the disease is rare and reliable markers are lacking.

    “So far, population-based screening and surveillance strategies have not been implemented due to the rarity of osteosarcoma and the lack of reliable markers.”
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    Osteosarcoma lesions are heterogeneous and diagnostic features such as malignant osteoid vary from sample to sample.

    “For core needle biopsies, adequate sampling of the tissue has to be ensured as osteosarcoma lesions can be quite heterogeneous and diagnostic features (such as malignant osteoid) can vary from sample to sample.”
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    Fine-needle aspirates lack sufficient histological context and make tumour grade assessment difficult.

    “Fine-needle aspirates are usually inadequate for a definitive diagnosis of osteosarcoma due to the lack of sufficient histological context and the resulting difficulty to assess tumour grade, and are therefore not recommended.”
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    Most osteosarcoma patients present with high-grade lesions that have both bony and soft tissue components.

    “Most patients present with high-grade lesions that have both bony and soft tissue components, making the presence or absence of metastasis the primary risk-stratifying feature at diagnosis.”
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    Combination chemotherapy and complete surgical resection are essential for cure in osteosarcoma.

    “Combination chemotherapy and complete surgical resection are essential for cure.”
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    Osteosarcoma is radio-resistant.

    “Although osteosarcoma is regarded as a radio-resistant disease, radiotherapy as local control may be considered if resection of a primary tumour is not possible or anticipated to lead to unacceptable morbidities such as in pelvic, trunk or craniofacial primary sites of disease 104 .”
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    Outcomes for osteosarcoma have hardly improved in the past decades.

    “However, outcomes have hardly improved in the past decades, and the intensive chemotherapy regimens used are associated with important acute and long-term toxic effects and considerable impact on quality of life.”
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    Data on lower-grade osteosarcoma lesion management remain sparse.

    “Data on lower-grade lesion management remain sparse; however, most clinicians agree that grade 1 localized parosteal tumours can be treated surgically.”
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    The general principle of treating osteosarcoma subvariants is based on their grade.

    “The general principle of treating subvariants in osteosarcoma is based on their grade.”
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    Immune cell infiltration occurs in osteosarcoma.

    “based on the immune cell infiltration known to occur in osteosarcoma”
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    Data from new agents are strictly controlled by trial sponsors, preventing their application to increase understanding of the disease.

    “In addition, because these are new agents, the data is strictly controlled by trial sponsors, which prevents their application to increase understanding of the disease.”
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Authors
Beird, H. C., Bielack, S. S., Flanagan, A. M., Gill, J., Heymann, D., Janeway, K. A., Livingston, J. A., Roberts, R. D., Strauss, S. J., & Gorlick, R.
Affiliations
  • The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
  • Olgahospital (DE)
  • University College London (GB)
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
  • Harvard University (US)
  • Nationwide Children's Hospital (US)
  • University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
Venue
Nature Reviews Disease Primers
Published
2022-12-08
Volume
8
Issue
1
Pages
77-77
ISSN
2056-676X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4313366903
Cited by
660
References
218
Citations by year
2026: 203 · 2025: 220 · 2024: 174 · 2023: 63
FWCI
19.81
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Reviews Disease Primers (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion, public-domain)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Cancer Research UK
  • National Institute for Health and Care Research
  • Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-10-SATT-0008)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Orthopedics and Sports Medicine › Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiac tumors and thrombi
Keywords
osteosarcoma, primary bone malignancy, incidence, pathogenesis, bone formation, metastasis, lung metastasis, radiographic diagnosis, bone biopsy, multidisciplinary management, late effects, quality of life
MeSH terms
Bone Neoplasms, Child, Humans, Quality of Life, Osteosarcoma

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