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General sarcoma

 

 

Incidence

 

 

Sarcomas are rare tumors. 

 

Soft tissue sarcomas (STS):

The overall incidence of soft tissue sarcomas in children and adolescents in North America is roughly 7.4%.

 

Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS):

  • Most common soft tissue sarcoma in children (40% of all pediatric STS)
  • Incidence is roughly 4.3 cases per million in children less than 20 years old in North America.
  • Roughly 5% of all childhood and adolescent cancers.
  • In Canada between 2001 and 2005, 119 children between the ages of 0 and 14 were diagnosed with RMS.

 

Non-rhadomyosarcomas (non-RMS or NRMS):

  • Constitute only 4% of all childhood cancers
  • Affects roughly 500 children less than 20 years of age in North America per year.

 

Bone sarcomas:

In Canada between 2001 and 2005, 181 children between the ages of 0 and 14 were diagnosed with malignant bone tumors.

 

Osteogenic sarcoma:

  • Incidence is roughly 8.7 cases per million children and adolescents (less than 20 years old)
  • Commonest bone tumor in children and adolescents.

 

Ewing sarcoma:

  • Next most common tumor after osteogenic sarcoma.
  • Incidence is roughly 2.9 per million children and adolescents (less than 20 years old).

 

 

  

 

 

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