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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mohammadmain Rezazadehsaatlou[2].

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There is no established method for the prevention of osteosarcoma.

There is no established method for the prevention of osteosarcoma.
However, certain factors, such as previous radiation therapy or certain genetic disorders increase the development risk^[1]^[2].

↑ Luetke A, Meyers PA, Lewis I, Juergens H (May 2014). "Osteosarcoma treatment - where do we stand? A state of the art review". Cancer Treat. Rev. 40 (4): 523–32. doi:10.1016/j.ctrv.2013.11.006. PMID 24345772.
↑ Anderson ME (January 2016). "Update on Survival in Osteosarcoma". Orthop. Clin. North Am. 47 (1): 283–92. doi:10.1016/j.ocl.2015.08.022. PMID 26614941.