Primary bone tumours

Primary bone tumours

Chondrosarcoma

A group of bone cancers that make cartilage. It is the second most common primary malignant bone tumour in adults and is treated mainly with surgery.

Primary bone tumours

Chordoma

A rare, slow-growing but locally aggressive bone tumour from leftover notochord tissue, usually at the skull base or sacrum.

Primary bone tumours

Ewing sarcoma

A highly malignant small round-cell tumour of bone and soft tissue in adolescents and young adults, defined by EWSR1 gene fusions, most often EWSR1::FLI1.

Primary bone tumours

Giant cell tumour of bone

A locally aggressive primary bone tumour with many giant cells. It usually arises near the end of a long bone in young adults.

Primary bone tumours

Osteosarcoma