osteosarcoma
noun
os·te·o·sar·co·ma
ˌä-stē-ō-sär-ˈkō-mə 
plural osteosarcomas also osteosarcomata
ˌä-stē-ō-sär-ˈkō-mə-tə
: a sarcoma derived from bone or containing bone tissue
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Xana was nine when she was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer.
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Jack Lang, New York Times, 27 May 2025
Spontaneously appearing animal cancers share features with human cancers, like osteosarcoma (bone cancer), prostate and breast cancers, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and melanoma.
—Paul McClure 26, New Atlas, 26 May 2025
However, that December she was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a cancer that starts in the bone and is so rare that only about 400 children under 20 are diagnosed each year, according to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 23 May 2025
Malignant tumors are usually either squamous cell carcinoma, fibrosarcoma, melanoma, or other such as an osteosarcoma.
—Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025
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Jack Lang, New York Times, 27 May 2025
Spontaneously appearing animal cancers share features with human cancers, like osteosarcoma (bone cancer), prostate and breast cancers, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and melanoma.
—Paul McClure 26, New Atlas, 26 May 2025
However, that December she was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a cancer that starts in the bone and is so rare that only about 400 children under 20 are diagnosed each year, according to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 23 May 2025
Malignant tumors are usually either squamous cell carcinoma, fibrosarcoma, melanoma, or other such as an osteosarcoma.
—Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025
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“Osteosarcoma.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/osteosarcoma. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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osteosarcoma
noun
os·teo·sar·co·ma
-sär-ˈkō-mə
plural osteosarcomas also osteosarcomata
-mət-ə
: a sarcoma derived from bone or containing bone tissue
called also osteogenic sarcoma
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