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Bone Cancer
Research on bone cancer described by scientists at Gunma University, Medical Department
May 5th, 2009
According to recent research published in the journal Acta Orthopaedica, "Background and purpose The defect that results after curettage of a bone tumor is usually filled in the same way. We report the outcome in patients with benign bone tumors that were treated with curettage but no filling." "Patients and methods We retrospectively studied 78 patients (mean age at the time of operation was 27 (6-73) years, 44 men) who had had a benign bone tumor curetted with no filling of the defect. The commonest tumor types were giant cell tumor of bone (27), fibrous dysplasia (13), enchondroma (9), and simple bone cyst (7). The mean size of the lesions was 35 (2-196) cm3....
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-05-05)
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