How to Use osteosarcoma in a Sentence

osteosarcoma

noun
  • Odin was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a bone cancer, and was given months to live.
    — Danielle Garrand, CBS News, 5 July 2018
  • The cause was osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer, said his wife, Margery Patten.
    — Washington Post, 3 July 2017
  • Rounds of chemotherapy appeared to have killed osteosarcoma cells elsewhere in his body.
    — David Armstrong, ProPublica, 12 Nov. 2021
  • About half of the osteosarcomas are typically in children and teens.
    — Julie Landry Laviolette, miamiherald, 23 May 2018
  • One of the lesions was consistent with osteosarcoma or a meningioma.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 June 2024
  • The vet diagnosed him with osteosarcoma, an aggressive form of bone cancer.
    — Kevin Farron, Outdoor Life, 21 Sep. 2023
  • It was discovered to be chondroblastic osteosarcoma, a rare form of cancer found in the bones and soft tissue.
    — Richard Obert, azcentral, 8 June 2020
  • Jackson is from Minster, Ohio, and is battling osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer.
    — Dave Clark, Cincinnati.com, 20 Dec. 2017
  • The younger Luey had been diagnosed with osteosarcoma and had part of his leg removed in 2016.
    — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2019
  • Brandon McDougald was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in fifth grade and lost his left leg because of it.
    — Mike Vorel, The Seattle Times, 2 Jan. 2019
  • Instead of the sports injury his parents suspected, their son was diagnosed with a bone cancer called osteosarcoma.
    — Elizabeth Narins, Cosmopolitan, 26 Jan. 2018
  • Pratt is considered cured of osteosarcoma, and after 20 years, doctors say the cancer will not return.
    — Mercedes Leguizamon, CNN, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Eventually a bone marrow biopsy revealed Motha had osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer, in his left leg.
    — Michelle Cohan, CNN, 10 Nov. 2021
  • The pup at the heart of the story is a seven-year-old husky, malamute, poodle and collie mix who’s been diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 24 June 2024
  • Hazel has thyroid cancer that has spread to her lungs; Augustus is a former basketball player who has lost a leg to osteosarcoma.
    — Tina Jordan, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2020
  • As the bone cancer advances, osteosarcoma can begin to limit mobility and range of motion.
    — Sarah Hudgens, Health, 15 Sep. 2024
  • Doctor visits and tests led to a diagnosis of Stage 4 osteosarcoma.
    — Dallas News, 25 May 2022
  • For humans, osteosarcomas are uncommon, with fewer than 1,000 cases a year, about half in children and teens.
    — Amy Sutherland, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2018
  • Additional analysis confirmed the growth was likely periosteal osteosarcoma; the same type of bone cancer, while rare, can be found in humans today.
    — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 7 Feb. 2019
  • The bone cancer osteosarcoma is more common in dogs than people, so scientists have learned techniques from the animals on how to treat people with the same cancer, and vice versa.
    — Kyle Melnick The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 21 June 2026
  • The group’s work is credited with significantly increasing the percentage of teenagers who today can be cured of osteosarcoma.
    — David J. Waters, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2015
  • In August, a checkup revealed O’Brien to be free of osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer, for going on 15 months.
    — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 25 Nov. 2019
  • Doctors working pro bono in this private clinic took the drastic step of amputating the leg, fearing the osteosarcoma cancer in her tibia would otherwise spread.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 17 May 2017
  • Frequently Asked Questions What's the survival rate of osteosarcoma?
    — Sarah Hudgens, Health, 15 Sep. 2024
  • The content creator from Cuiabá, Brazil, died earlier this week, over a year after she was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of osteosarcoma.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
  • In 2017, Wolter was diagnosed with metastatic osteosarcoma, a type of aggressive bone cancer that began in her left knee and spread to her lungs.
    — Kimberly P. Mitchell, Detroit Free Press, 14 Sep. 2024
  • An osteosarcoma from a medieval cemetery in the Black Forest mountains of southern Germany destroyed the top of a young child’s leg and ate into the hip joint.
    — George Johnson, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2013
  • However, Trent had to leave school the following year after his battle with osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer identified in his spine, intensified.
    — Jenna West, SI.com, 7 Sep. 2019
  • The aggressive osteosarcoma was found in the femur of Pappochelys rosinae, a roughly 240 million-year-old reptile.
    — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 7 Feb. 2019
  • Garland has always been a blood donor, but things changed when her son Jacob was diagnosed with a progressive osteosarcoma — a type of bone cancer — in 2022.
    — Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2025

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