A study of 64 cases and 124 friend and neighbor controls was conducted to identify factors
associated with the occurrence of osteosarcoma in young persons. Two types of information …

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 …

In a search for etiologic clues to primary bone cancer in childhood, we examined 1,532
death certificates of all children in the United States dying from these neoplasms, 1960–66 …

Osteosarcoma incidence patterns suggest an aetiologic role for perinatal factors, and growth
and development. Osteosarcoma patients (n= 158) and controls with benign orthopaedic …

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

Previous investigations have suggested that osteosarcoma may be associated with a taller
stature, but the relationship between height and osteosarcoma remains controversial. Height …

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

Studies to determine the etiology of osteosarcoma involve epidemiologic and environmental
factors and genetic impairments. Factors related to patient characteristics include age …

Children from birth to 18 years of age who were admitted to the Children's Hospital Medical
Center in Boston with osteogenic sarcoma were found to be significantly taller at the time of …

The histologic and clinical characteristics of 54 patients with osteosarcoma are reviewed.
The association of rapid linear bone growth with the occurrence of this tumor is confirmed …