title: Imaging pediatric bone sarcomas.
abstract: Primary malignant bone tumors are rare and account for about 6% of all new pediatric cancer cases per year in the United States. Identification of the lesion not uncommonly occurs as a result of imaging performed for trauma. Clinical and standard imaging characteristics of the various tumor types are evolving in concert with treatment advancements and clinical trial regimens. This article reviews the 3 most common pediatric bone sarcomas-osteosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, and chondrosarcoma-and their imaging as applicable to contemporary disease staging and monitoring, and explores the roles of evolving imaging techniques.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiological Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, MSN #220, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105, USA. sue.kaste@stjude.org
authors.forename: Sue C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Kaste
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging / Q000379:methods; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods