In contrast to colon cancer, whose incidence increases dramatically with age, incidence of osteosarcoma a tumor that
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In contrast to colon cancer, whose incidence increases dramatically with age, incidence of osteosarcoma— a tumor that occurs most commonly in the long bones peaks during adolescence. Osteosarcomas are relatively rare in young children (up to age 9) and in adults (over 20). Why do you suppose that the incidence of osteosarcoma does not show the same sort of age-dependence as colon cancer?
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Molecular Biology Of The Cell
ISBN: 9780815344322
6th Edition
Authors: Bruce Alberts, Alexander D. Johnson, Julian Lewis, David Morgan, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter
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