Descriptive epidemiology of malignant primary osteosarcoma using population-based registries, United States, 1999-2008.

Abstract

These analyses provide a better understanding of the incidence of malignant osteosarcoma which cover 90.1 percent of the US population from 1999-2008. This study provides a more detailed understanding of age, gender, race, and ethnicity by primary site for malignant osteosarcoma incidence on a national level in the United States. More importantly, differences between appendicular and axial sites were observed overall by selected demographic characteristics, in particular regional variations.