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Understanding Bone Cancer And Its Symptoms
Orthopaedic Oncosurgery is a unique speciality with very few orthopaedic surgeons daring to enter this realm of bone and soft tissue cancers called Sarcomas. The incidence of sarcomas as compared to other cancers is miniscule, constituting only 5 to 10% of all the cancers affecting humans annually. The overwhelming population of our country makes it a rather not so rare
Orthopaedic Oncosurgery – Joint Warning Signs
Joint problems have become common in today’s era. With technology, any joint problem is treatable but it needs to be detected at the right time. We take the saying ‘Ignorance is bliss’ too seriously, especially when it comes to our joints. Never ignore joint problems as it can become a torture. Warning signs like pain around the joint areas, a
Bone Cancer Screening Process
It takes roughly about 3 to 4 days for a histo pathological diagnosis on the exact type and nature of sarcomas in cancer centers. Once we have a confirmed diagnosis of sarcoma, next come the process of staging the patient. Staging basically means to screen the patient for any other site in the body where the tumour may have got
Limb Salvage Surgery And Modular Endoprostheses For Bone Cancers
Limb Salvage Surgery can now be offered to almost 90% of the patients detected to have bone cancer. This has been possible due to the advent of modular endoprostheses, improvement in surgical techniques, diagnostic modalities, better chemotherapy drugs and regimes and our better understanding of bone cancers. Limb Salvage Surgeries require meticulous pre-operative planning and requires the orthopaedic Oncosurgeon to
Bone Sarcomas Treatment
Sarcomas usually involve a multi-modality form of treatment. Patients suffering from Osteosarcoma/ Ewing’s sarcoma have to undergo chemotherapy, followed by surgery/ radiotherapy as part of local treatment followed again by adjuvant/ mop-up chemotherapy. A tumour board approach for all sarcoma patients forms an integral part of management for such patients. The medical oncologist, the radiologist, pathologist, radiotherapist and the Orthopaedic
Is Biopsy Safe In Bone And Soft Tissue Cancers? Some Myths And Facts!
Why is biopsy required and why can’t treatment be started on the basis of some imaging or reports which the patients are usually carrying with them in our OPD’S? A very common and pertinent question which arises in their minds. The main reason for the same is the common perception in the minds of people that biopsy is painful, extensive
