Osteosarcoma

In 2024 is it estimated that 400-1,000 people will be diagnosed with osteosarcoma in the United States, with about half being children and teens. About 2% of all childhood cancers are osteosarcoma. It is most often diagnosed between the ages of 10 and 30, with most diagnoses occurring in teens. It is the most common primary bone cancer in children.

If osteosarcoma is diagnosed and treated before it has spread outside the area where it started, the general 5-year survival rate is between 60% to 75%. Osteosarcoma that has spread only to the lungs at the time of diagnosis has a 5-year survival rate of between 5% and 40%. If the cancer has spread somewhere else at the time of diagnosis, the 5-year survival rate is between 5% and 20%.

Source of information: www.cancer.net