Osteosarcoma and Other Primary Tumors of Bone Flashcards
Osteosarcoma and Other Primary Tumors of Bone
What are the most common types of primary bone tumors?
Osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, and Ewing sarcoma are the most common, comprising 35%, 30%, and 16% of cases, respectively.
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What is the most common malignant bone tumor in children?
Osteosarcoma
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Osteosarcoma peaks in early adolescence and adults older than 65 years of age.
TRUE or FALSE?
True
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Where is the most common site of involvement in osteosarcoma?
areas of greatest increase in bone length
metaphysis of the distal femur, proximal tibia, and proximal humerus
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What is the characteristic translocation or genetic abnormality defined for osteosarcoma?
NONE
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What benign disease has been most commonly associated with the development of osteosarcoma especially in older adults?
Paget disease
Other benign bone lesions have also been associated with risk of osteosarcoma, including chronic osteomyelitis, multiple hereditary exostoses, fibrous dysplasia, osteochondromas, enchondromas, sites of bone infarcts, and sites of metallic implants.
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5 genetic conditions associated with the development of osteosarcoma
RB Li-Fraumeni syndrome Bloom syndrome Werner syndrome Rothmund-Thomson syndrome
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Most common presenting symptom.
Osteosarcoma
localized pain
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Most common site of metastatic involvement.
Osteosarcoma
Lung
followed by bone
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This anatomic variation is seen on plain radiograph of ostesarcoma patients when the periosteum is raised away from the bone by a tumor (osteoid formation)
Codman triangle
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Osteosarcoma
Enneking Staging System
Presence of metastases
III
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Osteosarcoma
Enneking Staging System
Non metastatic, extracompartmental,
low grade
IB
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Osteosarcoma
Enneking Staging System
Non metastatic, extracompartmental,
high grade
IIB
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Osteosarcoma
Enneking Staging System
Non metastatic, intracompartmental,
high grade
IIA
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Osteosarcoma
Enneking Staging System
Non metastatic, intracompartmental,
low grade
IA
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Osteosarcoma
AJCC Staging System
Non metastatic, low grade
8 cm or less
IA
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Osteosarcoma
AJCC Staging System
Non metastatic, low grade
>8 cm
IB
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Osteosarcoma
AJCC Staging System
Non metastatic, low grade
discontinuous
IB
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Osteosarcoma
AJCC Staging System
Non metastatic, high grade
8 cm or less
IIA
Osteosarcoma and Other Primary Tumors of Bone
Osteosarcoma
AJCC Staging System
Non metastatic, high grade
>8 cm
IIB
Osteosarcoma and Other Primary Tumors of Bone
Osteosarcoma
AJCC Staging System
Non metastatic, high grade
discontinuous
III
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Osteosarcoma
AJCC Staging System
pulmonary metastases
IVA
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Osteosarcoma
AJCC Staging System
bone metastases
IVB
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Osteosarcoma
What are the two main categories of osteosarcoma?
Which is more common in younger patients?
Which is composed of more high-grade tumors?
Conventional and surface type.
Conventional is more common in adolescents, and is usually of high-grade type.
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Osteosarcoma
What are variants of the conventional type osteosarcoma?
osteoblastic
chondroblastic
fibroblastic
mixed
others: (small cell
telangiectatic
malignant fibrous histiocytoma
multifocal)
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Osteosarcoma
What are variants of the surface type osteosarcoma?
periosteal
parosteal
high-grade
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Osteosarcoma
Which of the variants of the surface type osteosarcoma is considered low-grade and has a low metastatic potential and can be treated with chemotherapy alone?
Parosteal
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Osteosarcoma
What rare type of osteosarcoma arises in soft tissues generally associated with prior radiation exposure?
extraosseous osteosarcoma
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Osteosarcoma
What is the typical treatment sequence?
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
surgery (limb-sparing if possible)
adjuvant chemotherapy
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Osteosarcoma
Limb-sparing surgery have equivalent results with amputation as long as margins are adequate.
TRUE or FALSE?
True
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Osteosarcoma
What are the contraindications to limb-sparing procedure?
nerve or vascular encasement
presence of large, biopsy-related hematoma
and pathologic fracture.
**Some data suggest that pathologic fracture does not increase the risk of local recurrence after limb-sparing surgery as previously believed.
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Osteosarcoma
Although not statistically significant, there was a favorable trend in DFS after adjuvant chemotherapy compared to observation in patients with high-grade osteosarcoma treated with primary surgery, hence further trials on neoadjuvant chemotherapy were greenlit.
TRUE or FALSE?
False.
Eilber et al. reported on 59 patients with nonmetastatic osteosarcoma randomized to surgery followed by observation versus adjuvant chemotherapy.
Disease-free survival at 2 years was 55% with chemotherapy and 20% with observation (P < .01). Overall survival was also superior at 2 years: 80% versus 48% with and without chemotherapy, respectively (P < .01).
Link et al. reported similar results in a group of 36 patients with nonmetastatic, high-grade osteosarcoma randomized to observation versus adjuvant chemotherapy after primary surgery.
Disease-free survival at 2 years was 66% with chemotherapy and 17% with observation (P < .001).
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Osteosarcoma
What is the role of RT in osteosarcoma?
as adjuvant treatment for incompletely resected tumors / resected with + margins
palliation of symptoms
sometimes, as adjuvant to poor responders to neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
Osteosarcoma and Other Primary Tumors of Bone
Osteosarcoma
Margins used for RT?
Typically, a 2-cm margin is used for axial tumors, which can be extended to 4 to 5 cm for extremity tumors.
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Osteosarcoma
Typical RT dose prescription for microscopically involved margins?
60 / 2 / 30
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Osteosarcoma
Typical RT dose prescription for gross macroscopic residual tumor?
66 / 2 / 33
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Osteosarcoma
Typical RT dose prescription for inoperable tumors?
70 / 2 /35
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Osteosarcoma
Should whole-lung irradiation be given to patients? If yes, what are the subsets of patient who will benefit the most?
If no, give the rationale.
No.
Whole-lung irradiation has been shown to be beneficial in several other pediatric
tumors with a propensity for lung metastases. This led to the rationale that this
treatment may improve outcomes in osteosarcoma, which has a high propensity
for metastases and for which the lung is the most common site of spread. Two
initial small randomized trials in the prechemotherapy era showed a trend for
improved disease-free and overall survival for whole-lung irradiation.
This led to the EORTC-20781/SIOP-03 phase III trial, which randomized 240 patients
to three arms: chemotherapy, whole-lung irradiation, or both. The whole-lung
dose was 20 Gy. The 4-year disease-free survival and overall survival were 43%
and 24%, respectively, with no difference between the arms. Therefore, with the
recognition of the other advantages of systemic therapy, whole-lung irradiation
has fallen out of favor.
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Chondrosarcoma can develop from malignant transformation of benign cartilaginous lesions—osteochondromas and endochondromas.
Osteochondroma is a cartilagecapped
bony projection arising on the external surface of bones. It is usually
located on long bones, particularly around the knee.
Multiple osteochondromas are associated with what autosomal dominant syndrome?
hereditary multiple exostoses
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Chondrosarcoma can develop from malignant transformation of benign cartilaginous lesions—osteochondromas and endochondromas.
Enchondroma is a benign cartilaginous tumor
developing in the marrow cavity of bone. Multiple enchondromas, or
enchondromatosis, are usually associated with what congenital disorders?
Ollier disease
Maffucci syndrome
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The rate of metastatic disease for chondrosarcoma is very dependent on _________.
tumor grade
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Where is the main site of metastases of chondrosarcoma?
Lung
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What are the 2 pathological categories of chondrosarcoma?
conventional and nonconventional
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What are the 3 types of conventional chondrosarcoma?
central
peripheral
periosteal
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Where are the most common locations of chondrosarcoma?
proximal femur, pelvis, and proximal humerus
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What type of chondrosarcoma arises from a pre-existing osteochondroma?
peripheral
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What type of chondrosarcoma arises from the surface of long bones and is rare?
periosteal
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What type of chondrosarcoma tends to affect younger patients and have a good prognosis?
periosteal
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Give some variants of nonconventional chondrosarcoma
clear cell
dedifferentiated
myxoid
mesenchymal
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What is the role of radiation therapy in chondrosarcoma?
adjuvant for incompletely resected high-grade
or locally recurrent tumors
or unresectable tumors
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What is the role of chemotherapy in chondrosarcoma?
no defined role.
especially for the conventional type.
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What is the recommended total dose for preoperative RT in chondrosarcoma?
50 Gy
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What is the recommended total adjuvant RT dose in the setting of positive margins in post-operative chondrosarcoma?
60 to 66 Gy
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What is the recommended total definitive RT dose in the setting of unresectable chondrosarcoma?
70 Gy
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Chordoma is a rare, malignant neoplasm arising from the ________?
remnant of the primitive notochord.
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What areas do most of chordomas arise?
1/2 in sacrococcygeal areas
1/3 from base of skull, typically the clivus.
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Base-of-skull chordomas can present with cranial nerve deficits, particularly cranial nerve palsies.
What nerves are usually involved?
3 & 6
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Chordomas, in general, have a high metastatic potential.
TRUE or FALSE?
False
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What are the pathologic classifications of chordomas?
conventional (classic)
chondroid
dedifferentiated
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Which subtype of chordomas have a better prognosis?
chondroid.
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Which subtype is more aggressive and more likely to metastasize?
dedifferentiated.
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What is the most common pattern of failure?
local recurrence
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Minimum dose requirement in RT for chordomas?
66 Gy
Osteosarcoma and Other Primary Tumors of Bone
It is a malignant neoplasm of mesenchymal origin characterized by predominance of fibroblasts without tumor osteoid or cartilage production.
It has a predilection for long bones and has a high metastatic potential.
It is treated with complete surgical resection and often with adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
Radiation therapy can be used for incompletely resected or unresectable tumors.
Fibrosarcoma
Osteosarcoma and Other Primary Tumors of Bone
It is characterized by a mixture of spindle-shaped fibroblastic cells in
a storiform pattern and admixed with mononuclear cells with histiocytic
morphology and anaplastic giant cells without tumor osteoid or cartilage
production. The mainstay of treatment is complete surgical resection. Like
osteosarcoma, it has a high rate of metastases.
Malignant fibrous histiocytoma
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(from in-service bank)
- For RT of Osteosarcoma, the ff are true except
a. RT is the primary treatment of Osteosarcoma
b. RT plays important role in the tumors of axial skeleton
c. RT plays important role in the treatment of facial bones
d. RT is the frequently use in the management of primitive neuroectodermal tumors of bones.
e. none of of above.
A
