Pediatric Tumor Bank Nationwide Children's Pediatric Bone Tumor
Clinic is one of the few clinics in the country that utilizes
the newest surgical procedure, Limb Preservation, to treat
sarcomas. Children’s Musculoskeletal Oncologist works hand-in-
hand with our pediatric oncologists using the latest in medical
and technological advancements: Total Joint Replacement Now,
with the combination of early diagnosis and the combination of
these advancements, children diagnosed with malignant tumors
will not only survive the disease, but quite often keep their
affected arm or leg, as well. The bones may be the site to which
other cancers spread, but some types originate in the skeleton.
The most common bone cancer is osteogenic sarcoma. Bone cancer
in children occurs most often during adolescent growth spurts,
and 85 percent of those teenagers have them on their legs or
arms, and half of them around the knee. Ewing’s sarcoma differs
from osteosarcoma in that it affects the bone shaft, and tends
to be found in bones ot