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Originally Posted by btrtevino  Thanks for all the imput. I am wondering, is there a difference between osteocarcinoma and osteosarcoma? All the info I am finding is either ambiguous or not specific to either one. Are they all just considered jaw cancer and have about the same prognosis?Thanks again. |
I just googled this and
Medicines Businesses and Services. Information and Reviews from Medicineworld.com describes the word osteocarcinoma as follows:-
<tumour> Undesirable and obsolete non specific term for a metastasis of carcinoma or a carcinoma that contains foci of ossious tissue <as a result of neoplasia>
It seems the veterinary and medical profession now use the term osteosarcoma to describe this disease.
Hope that helps.