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Introduction to Bone Sarcomas

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Sarcomas are malignant tumors of mesenchymal origin, while carcinomas derive from epithelial cells. They comprise approximately 1% of all malignancies, with soft tissue sarcomas being around 80% off all sarcomas. Bone sarcomas are seen more often in childhood (except chondrosarcomas), while soft tissue sarcomas predominate in the elderly. Since they have distinct features, they will be discussed separately (NCCN Guidelines (2012) Bone cancer. Version 2. www.nccn.org).

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  1. General Oncological Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Ioannis D. Papanastassiou & Nikolaos S. Demertzis

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  1. School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Athanasios D. Gouliamos

  2. Imaging Department, Hygeia and Mitera Hospitals, Athens, Greece

    John A. Andreou

  3. Medical Oncologist, Head, Medical Oncology Department, Hygeia Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Paris A. Kosmidis

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Papanastassiou, I.D., Demertzis, N.S. (2018). Introduction to Bone Sarcomas. In: Gouliamos, A., Andreou, J., Kosmidis, P. (eds) Imaging in Clinical Oncology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68873-2_8

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