Benefits of musculoskeletal oncology
Bones and muscles are an essential part of human body and are responsible for various limb and bodily movements. Cancer of bone and muscles adversely affects the functioning of not only the affected part but the whole body. Musculoskeletal Oncology specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer affecting bones, muscles and related soft tissues or musculoskeletal tumors in children and adults and thus plays an important role for a better treatment outcome.
Which cancer patients can be benefitted by musculoskeletal oncology services?
Musculoskeletal oncology helps bone and soft tissue cancer patients in better bone cancer treatment and help in improving their lives. Few of them are:
- Chondrosarcoma
- Ewing’s Sarcoma
- Multiple myeloma
- Non-ossifying fibroma
- Osteoid osteoma
- Osteosarcoma
- Paget’s disease
- Lipoma
- Haemangioma
- Fibroma
- Neurofibroma
At American Oncology Institute, we take care not only of patient’s health but financial burden as well. AOI works flexibly with the insurance plans and helps the patient make his/her hormone therapy for bone cancer treatment or orthopaedic cancer treatment affordable. AOI is one of the leading hospitals with best success rate for bone cancer treatment. Along with the common approaches for treating bone cancer, we follow advanced techniques as well.
Effectiveness/ success rate of soft tissue sarcoma after treatment
According to the National Cancer Institute, the overall five-year survival rate for soft tissue sarcomas is about 65%. But in case of its metastasis (i.e., spread to other parts of the body) the five-year survival rate is about 18%.
Effectiveness/ success rate of bone sarcoma after treatment
Success rate of bone cancer treatment depends upon the type and spread of cancer. The overall five-year survival rate for all bone cancers in adults and children is about 70%. For chondrosarcomas in adults, the overall five-year survival rate is about 80%.
What are the advantages or benefits of Limb reconstruction surgery or leg transplant surgery?
The benefits of limb reconstruction surgery are:
- Improvement in function of leg
- Improvement in patient’s confidence
- Restoration of knee function
- Restoration of appearance
- Restoration of social and work life of the patient
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