Pediatric bone tumors in Croatia, a single oncology centre experience

Introduction

Malignant bone tumors are recognized as rare diseases following the already estimated incidence which is well known, with osteosarcoma as the most common bone tumor [1], [2]. Median incidence rate for malignant childhood tumors in Croatia is 163 new cases during period 1987–2014, age 0–19 according to Croatian National Cancer Registry (CNCR) data ([ Fig. 1 ]).

Fig. 1 Incidence of Childhood Cancer in Croatia from 1987–2014, range: 98–201, median: 163.

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