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Osteosarcoma Information Guide

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Last update 9/09

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Brochures

Bone & Cancer Foundation. "Osteosarcoma" [note: this opens as a .pdf document].

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. "Learning and Living with Cancer" [note: this opens as a .pdf document].

National Cancer Institute. "Young People With Cancer: A Handbook for Parents".

Books

Carroll, William L., and Jessica B. Reisman. 100 Questions & Answers about Your Child's Cancer. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2005.

Howell, Della L. My child Has Cancer: a Parent's Guide to Diagnosis, Treatment, and Survival. Westport, CT,: Praeger, 2008.

Parker, Robert; Trezza Debra. Understanding childhood cancers. Jackson, Miss.: University Press of Mississippi, 2007.

Web Resources

American Cancer Society All about Osteosarcoma:
  • Go to the American Cancer Society site
    (NOTE: this link will open in a second browser window for your convenience):
  • Click on "Choose a cancer type"
  • Select "Osteosarcoma" and click "Go"
  • Click on: "All About Osteosarcoma"

Osteosarcoma on The Nemours Foundation website

  • Go to: www.kidshealth.org/parent/
    (NOTE: this link will open in a second browser window for your convenience):
  • Click on "Medical Problems"
  • Scroll down and click on: "Cancer & Tumors"
  • Click on: "Osteoarcoma"

CureSearch Osteosarcoma

  • Go to the CureSearch site at www.curesearch.org
    (NOTE: this link will open in a second browser window for your convenience):
  • Click on "Newly Diagnosed"
  • Select "Ewing's Sarcoma" from list and click "Submit"

National Cancer Institute Bone Cancer

  • Go to the National Cancer Institute site
    (NOTE: this link will open in a second browser window for your convenience):
  • Under "All Cancer Types" click on "A to Z list of Cancers"
  • Select "Osteosarcoma & Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of Bone"

Osteosarcoma Online

This site offers specific information for teens and young adults, parents, and friends of young people affected by Osteosarcoma.

Sarcoma Foundation of America

New and Information about different types of sarcoma and links to other relevant sites.

Email Lists (Listserves)

OSTERO-SARCOMA is an email discussion group for parents of children with Osteosarcoma.

Organizations

Candlelighters
Website: www.candlelighters.org
Phone: 800-366-2223

The National Children's Cancer Society

Website: http://nationalchildrenscancersociety.com
Phone: 800-5-FAMILY (800-532-6459)

Sarcoma Alliance

Website: www.sarcomaalliance.org
Phone: 415-381-7236

This document is not intended to take the place of the care and attention of your personal physician or other professional medical services. Our aim is to promote active participation in your care and treatment by providing information and education. Questions about individual health concerns or specific treatment options should be discussed with your physician.

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