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Stature of young people with malignant bone tumors

Lookup NU author(s): Simon Cotterill, Dr Margaret Wright, Professor Mark PearceORCiD, Emeritus Professor Alan Craft

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Abstract

Background. Little is known about the aetiology of primary bone tumours. There have been conflicting reports relating to stature in young people with bone cancer. Patients. We analysed height data at diagnosis for 364 patients with osteosarcoma and 356 patients with Ewing sarcoma registered on clinical trials run by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the United Kingdom Children's Cancer Study Group (UKCCSG). Main Outcome Measures. Height at diagnosis for each patient was standardised for age and sex compared to national reference data with a standard deviation score (SDS) calculated for each subject. Results. Those with osteosarcoma were significantly taller than the general population (mean height SDS 0.2, P = 0.001). Patients with osteosarcoma of the femur were significantly taller than patients with other primary sites (mean height SDS 0.45 vs. -0.06, P = 0.0001). Overall those with Ewing sarcoma were not significantly taller than the general population (mean height SDS 0.09, P = 0.1), but children presenting under 15 years were taller (SDS 0.2, P = 0.004) whilst older patients were not (SDS -0.07, P = 0.4). In both osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma the mean age at diagnosis for females was significantly younger than for males. Conclusions. This study suggests that tall stature and an earlier pubertal growth spurt may be important factors in the aetiology of both osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma. © 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc.


Publication metadata

Author(s): Cotterill, S. J., Wright, C. M., Pearce, M. S., Craft, A. W.

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Year: 2004

Volume: 42

Issue: 1

Pages: 59-63

ISSN (print): 1545-5009

ISSN (electronic): 1545-5017

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pbc.10437

DOI: 10.1002/pbc.10437

PubMed id: 14752796


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