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 …

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 …

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

Osteosarcoma derives from primitive bone-forming mesenchymal cells and is the most
common primary bone malignancy. The incidence rates and 95% confidence intervals of …

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

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 …

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

Objective s Osteosarcoma typically occurs during puberty. Studies of the association
between height and/or birth-weight and osteosarcoma are conflicting. Therefore, we …

Osteosarcoma incidence rates in the United States peak in adolescence and in the elderly.
The international patterns of osteosarcoma incidence in children have been described …

BACKGROUND: Osteosarcoma, which is the most common primary bone tumor, occurs
most frequently in adolescents, but there is a second incidence peak among individuals …