A limb amputation means removing part of the body completely. It might be the only way to cure primary bone cancer for some people. This page is about cancer that starts in your bone (primary bone ...

A student whose persistent knee pain turned out to be a rare bone cancer has had her leg amputated in a life-saving operation after it suddenly ballooned in size. Alicia Ortstad, a salad shop ...

When she arrived at the hospital she was led into a room with seven medical professionals and the family was told an aggressive osteosarcoma was growing in Skyler’s right leg. “That’s when ...

This induction therapy therefore allows tumor remnants to be resected some 3 months after ILP thus avoiding limb amputation. TNF-α-based ILP is a well-established treatment that aims to avoid ...

Sound like diseases of the past? Well, sadly not. Leg amputation is one of the oldest surgical procedures. The earliest known example dates back some 31,000 years. During the advent of modern ...