Unique hybrid implant first installed to a cat
(National University of Science and Technology MISIS) Scientific team of a small innovative enterprise Biomimetix, based on the National University of Science and Technology MISIS together with their colleagues from the N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Centre of oncology developed a unique implant to replace the damaged bone fragment. The implant, which imitates real bone structure, was installed to a domestic cat with osteosarcoma by surgeons of the veterinary clinic 'Biocontrol'. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 22, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Study reveals genetic similarities of osteosarcoma between dogs and children
(The Translational Genomics Research Institute) A bone cancer known as osteosarcoma is genetically similar in dogs and human children, according to the results of a study published today by Tufts University and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope. The findings could help break the logjam in the treatment of this deadly disease, which hasn't seen a significant medical breakthrough in nearly three decades. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 19, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Boy, 6, whose 'growing pains' were revealed to be cancerous leg tumors dies
Nixon Whatcott, seven, from Bluffdale, Utah, was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a bone cancer, in February 2018. His parents announced that he passed away on June 25. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 2, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Can ancient herbs really treat cancer?
Karen Kwai-Ching Li, known as KC, has lived in fear of her osteosarcoma, a cancer of the bone, for almost 28 years. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - June 20, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Devastated mum loses leg after being diagnosed with rare cancer
Dionne Brown, of Devon, began experiencing leg pain in November 2016. A year later, and when her twins were four months old, a tumour was found due to rare bone cancer osteosarcoma. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 19, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
NaF-PET/CT rarely finds prostate cancer metastases
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NaF-PET could be valuable for osteosarcoma assessment (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - June 3, 2019 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Boy, 5, diagnosed with hard-to-spot cancer after falling over and breaking his arm at school
Derrick 'DJ' Schott, five, from Hillview, Kentucky, was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer, in December 2018 after he fell and broke his arm, which revealed a tumor. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 1, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Teenage rugby player loses his leg to cancer six years after his mother's death
Olly Liddle, from Whitley Bay near Newcastle, had to have his right leg cut off above the knee because of osteosarcoma, a rare type of cancer in the bone. His mother, Kerrie, died of breast cancer in 2012. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 6, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Duke doctor's search for cancer cure lands in unlikely place – studying dogs
Dr. Will Eward spends the first three days of his week treating patients at Duke Cancer Institute, including those facing a rare cancer that starts in the bones called osteosarcoma. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - November 23, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Dane Huffman Source Type: news
Duke doctor's search for cancer cure lands in unlikely place – studying dogs
Dr. Will Eward spends the first three days of his week treating patients at Duke Cancer Institute, including those facing a rare cancer that starts in the bones called osteosarcoma. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 23, 2018 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Dane Huffman Source Type: news
Duke doctor's search for cancer cure lands in unlikely place
Dr. Will Eward spends the first three days of his week treating patients at Duke Cancer Institute, including those facing a rare cancer that starts in the bones called osteosarcoma. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - November 21, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Dane Huffman Source Type: news
Alex Huang, M.D., Ph.D., awarded $1.35 million to conduct lifesaving childhood cancer research
(Case Western Reserve University) Leading cancer researcher, Alex Huang M.D., Ph.D., has been awarded a three-year, $1.35 million grant from the St. Baldrick's Foundation and the Osteosarcoma Collaborative to develop new ways to treat osteosarcoma, a rare cancer that begins in the bone. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 8, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
New clinical trials seek treatments for canine cancers, may offer clues on human cancers
(Tufts University) Two studies into deadly cancers in dogs are now underway, offered through the newly formed Clinical Trials Office at Cummings Veterinary Medical Center at Tufts University. Dogs with spontaneous osteosarcoma, as well as dogs with mast cell tumors and solid tumors, may be eligible for enrollment. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - October 11, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Dancer, 12, who lost leg to rare bone cancer undergoes operation to turn her ankle into a KNEE
Delaney Unger, 12, from Selden, New York, was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer, in December 2016 and was told that part of her leg would need to be amputated. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 10, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
