Bone Abstracts

Objective: Even though recent studies have proved the presence of cancer stem cells (CSCs) in osteosarcoma (OSA), with this study, for the first time, the existence of CSCs in a rare high grade type of OSA, the telangiectatic osteogenic sarcoma (TOS), is showed.Methods: TOS sample was collected at the ‘Ortopedia Oncologica e Ricostruttiva Unit’, AOU Careggi, Florence, with informed consent approved by the local Ethical Committee. First of all, ...