Medical imaging plays a central role in the early diagnosis of the most common malignant bone tumors in children, according to a press statement from the Spanish Society of Medical Radiology (SERAM).
In the statement, the society highlighted the work of Dr. Cristina Moreno, was the lead author of an article published in Radiocología titled “Initial diagnosis of osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma in children.”
“The diagnosis of these tumors is based on a combination of clinical symptoms (persistent bone pain, local inflammation, palpable mass, sometimes fever, and functional limitation), imaging tests (conventional radiography, MRI, CT), and biopsy to confirm the histological diagnosis and determine the type of bone sarcoma,” Moreno and colleagues wrote.
Osteosarcoma and Ewing's sarcoma are the most common malignant bone tumors in children, they continued. Osteosarcoma accounts for approximately 60% of malignant bone tumors in children and adolescents, with a higher incidence between 10 and 20 years of age, while Ewing's sarcoma accounts for between 20% and 25%, affecting mainly children between 10 and 15 years of age.
You can read the full statement here.
