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Nursing Aspects of Orthopaedic Oncology - the orthopaedic treatment of musculoskeletal tumours, benign and malignant [OCOSH Code: ON_T_ONC]

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Osteogenic Sarcoma

Location: http://www.nursingcenter.com/prodev/ce_article.asp?tid=675095

Case study of a 17 year old boy with right shoulder pain
© 2006 National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses Volume 25(5), September/October 2006, p 348–349 Osteogenic Sarcoma [Radiology Review]
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Sarcomas

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A sarcoma is a malignant tumor (neoplasm), or cancer. Certain sarcomas characteristically spread throughout the body. The word "sarcoma" has its etiology in a Greek word whose definition is "fleshy." Tumors come from the mesenchymal tissue, from which connective tissues, blood, lymphatics, bone, and cartilage come. The blood carries sarcomas...
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Soft Tissue Sarcoma An Overview

Location: http://www.nursingcenter.com/prodev/ce_article.asp?tid=704320

Soft Tissue Sarcoma: An Overview Brynn R. Goldberg Orthopaedic Nursing January/February 2007 Volume 26 Number 1 Pages 4 - 11
Malignancy of soft tissue, referred to as sarcomas, are some of the rarest tumors in medicine. These tumors account for approximately 1% of all diagnosed malignancies....
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