Abstract BACKGROUND The Children's Cancer Group conducted a case‐control study to
determine the role of a broad range of environmental and familial factors in the etiology of …

Bone cancers comprise about 5% of childhood neoplasms. Osteosarcoma, the most
common sub‐type, shows a somewhat irregular geographic pattern of incidence, with low …

Marked dissimilarities in the epidemiology of osteosarcoma, Ewing's tumor, and
rhabdomyosarcoma indicate differences in their origins. A major clue to the genesis of …

Abstract Bone tumours comprise 0.2% of cancers overall but 5.7% in 15–24 year olds. To
explore the relationship with adolescence we have analysed age‐incidence patterns of …

Background Little is known about the aetiology of primary bone tumours. There have been
conflicting reports relating to stature in young people with bone cancer. Patients We …

To determine risk factors for Ewing's bone sarcoma, the authors interviewed mothers of 43
patients diagnosed between January 1978 and August 1986 and 193 controls in the San …

BACKGROUND: Risk factors for osteosarcoma in young people were investigated in a
population-based case-control study among residents of New York State, excluding New …

Approximately 6% of all childhood malignancies are malignant bone tumors, of which the 2
most frequently encountered are osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma. In the United States …

Data on 5572 children and adolescents diagnosed with malignant bone tumours
(International Classification of Childhood Cancer, Group VIII) before the age of 20 years …

Although osteosarcoma and Ewing's sarcoma are quite rare, they are the only primary
skeletal malignancies that occur with any regularity in children. The evaluation, diagnosis …