A Review on Bone Cancer - Its Incidence Rates Worldwide

Author(s): Krishna Mannem*, Hemanth Kumar Muttevi, Harika Kakumanu, Sivani Kadapa, Baijid Mubeena Shaik and Om Sai Prakash Lanka

Abstract: Bone cancer is second largest group of sarcomas. There are different types bone cancers seen in both adults and children but these are very rare all over the world. These bone cancers are very likely seen in children from the age of 0 to 14 and there are diagnosed by techniques like X-rays technique, Imaging test like C.T scan, MRI scan, PET-CT scan, Bone scan and Surgical tests like biopsy and bone marrow aspiration. There are treated through surgically, chemotherapy, Radiotherapy and some advanced process like stem cell treatment. This paper gives information about different types of bone cancers with their etiology, pathology physiology, diagnosis their treatment and worldwide and India wide recent statistical incidence rate in both in male and female along with incidence percentages of rare bone cancers like Osteosarcoma, Chondrosarcoma and Ewing’s sarcoma all over the world including India in the children from age of 0-14 in both boys and girls according to World health organization(WHO) and national cancer registry programme (NCRT).

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