Osteosarcoma, Before and After Operation, ca. 1839

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Osteosarcoma are cancerous bone tumors found in immature bone, most often in those over 10 and under 25 years old. This particular case is in a man named Robert Penman, who was twenty-four.

Case of Osteosarcoma of the lower jaw, as operated upon Robert Penman, aged twenty-four years, 1839.

These days, in those whose tumor is non-malignant (has not spread beyond its original tumor site), the five-year survival rate is about 75%. Back in 1839, this lad was quite as lucky, but it appears that at least the primary tumor was removed for a time.

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