Molecular biology of osteosarcoma

AM Czarnecka, K Synoradzki, W Firlej, E Bartnik… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Osteosarcoma (OS) is the most frequent primary bone cancer in children and adolescents
and the third most frequent in adults. Many inherited germline mutations are responsible for …

Germline and somatic genetics of osteosarcoma—connecting aetiology, biology and therapy

DM Gianferante, L Mirabello, SA Savage - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Clinical outcomes and treatment modalities for osteosarcoma, the most common primary
cancer of bone, have changed very little over the past 30 years. The peak incidence of …

Frequency of pathogenic germline variants in cancer-susceptibility genes in patients with osteosarcoma

L Mirabello, B Zhu, R Koster, E Karlins, M Dean… - JAMA …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Osteosarcoma, the most common malignant bone tumor in children and
adolescents, occurs in a high number of cancer predisposition syndromes that are defined …

The epidemiology of osteosarcoma

G Ottaviani, N Jaffe - Pediatric and adolescent osteosarcoma, 2010 - Springer
Osteosarcoma derives from primitive bone-forming mesenchymal cells and is the most
common primary bone malignancy. The incidence rates and 95% confidence intervals of …

Using epidemiology and genomics to understand osteosarcoma etiology

SA Savage, L Mirabello - Sarcoma, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Osteosarcoma is a primary bone malignancy that typically occurs during adolescence but
also has a second incidence peak in the elderly. It occurs most commonly in the long bones …

Spectrum and risk of neoplasia in Werner syndrome: a systematic review

JM Lauper, A Krause, TL Vaughan, RJ Monnat Jr - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Werner syndrome (WS) is an autosomal recessive genetic instability and
progeroid ('premature aging') syndrome which is associated with an elevated risk of cancer …

Molecular pathogenesis of osteosarcoma

M Kansara, DM Thomas - DNA and cell biology, 2007 - liebertpub.com
Osteosarcoma is a devastating but rare disease, whose study has illuminated both the basic
biology and clinical management of cancer over the past 30 years. These contributions have …

The etiology of osteosarcoma

G Ottaviani, N Jaffe - Pediatric and adolescent osteosarcoma, 2010 - Springer
Studies to determine the etiology of osteosarcoma involve epidemiologic and environmental
factors and genetic impairments. Factors related to patient characteristics include age …

Tumor syndromes predisposing to osteosarcoma

M Hameed, D Mandelker - Advances in anatomic pathology, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Osteosarcoma (OS) is the most common primary bone tumor affecting predominantly
adolescents and young adults. It accounts for about 5% of all childhood cancers. Although …

Genetic predisposition to solid pediatric cancers

M Capasso, A Montella, M Tirelli, T Maiorino… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Progresses over the past years have extensively improved our capacity to use genome-
scale analyses—including high-density genotyping and exome and genome sequencing …