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Bone Cancer
Study results from M. Altay et al provide new insights into bone cancer
December 18th, 2007
"Secondary malignancies arising from benign bone tumors are rare. Their recognition and diagnosis are difficult, and their slow growth and late recurrence require long-term follow-up," researchers in Ankara, Turkey report. "In this study, malignant transformation rates of various histological types of benign cartilage-forming bone tumors in large series were evaluated. Between 1986 and 2004, a retrospective analysis of 627 cartilage-forming benign bone tumors revealed that 32 patients had malignant transformation. Of the 32 patients, 14 had solitary osteochondromas, 10 had multiple osteochondromas, 6 had a solitary enchondroma, 1 had Ollier's disease, and 1 had...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2007-12-18)
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