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Osteosarcoma of the jaws is rare considering that its incidence varies between 5% and 13% of total osteosarcomas. It accounts for 10% of primary aggressive and malignant tumors of the jaws and for 8% of all malignant lesions, including metastatic and lymphoproliferative tumors. It differs from conventional osteosarcoma of long bones in a number of aspects: age of onset, predominant differentiation pattern, grade of malignancy, prognosis, clinical course, response to treatment, cause of death.
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Paparella, M.L., Cabrini, R.L. (2020). Osteosarcoma of the Jaws. In: Santini-Araujo, E., Kalil, R.K., Bertoni, F., Park, YK. (eds) Tumors and Tumor-Like Lesions of Bone. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28315-5_14
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