Blogs – Bone Tumor

Surgery has a very important role in the management of bone sarcomas. Without surgery, most of these diseases would start growing again, soon after the radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy treatment is over.

Chemotherapy is one of the foundations of modern bone sarcoma treatment and has revolutionized the management of chemo-sensitive tumors like Osteosarcoma, Ewing’s sarcoma, etc.

Radiotherapy is another treatment modality, which is very useful in cancer treatment. Radiotherapy uses a certain type of energy called as ionizing radiation

Orthopaedic Oncology covers any tumor arising in the extremities, pelvis, abdominal wall, chest wall, back, spine and sacrum.

In simple words, staging is a system to determine the extent of cancer in the patient and the level of risk posed to the patient due to it.