Sushant Singh Rajput’s last film ‘Dil Bechara’ is loved and watched by people all over the world. It was the Hindi adaptation of the film and the book ‘The Fault In Our Stars’. In the movie both of the lead characters, Manny portrayed by Sushant Singh Rajput and Kizie portrayed by Sanjana Sanghi is seen fighting two different types of cancer. Kizie is seen to be suffering from thyroid cancer which is commonly known to the public, whereas Manny is seen to be suffering from osteosarcoma cancer, an illness that has now raised questions about it.
Osteosarcoma is a type of cancer of the bone that begins in the osteoblast cells that shape our bones. Osteosarcoma is most often found in long bones — the legs or knees more often, but also the arms — but it may begin in any bone. This happens in soft tissue outside the bone, in very rare instances. Other than that, osteosarcoma can occur in “the upper leg, or thighbone, the lower leg, upper arm bone, or any bone in the body, including those in the pelvis, shoulder, and skull.” Osteosarcoma cancer tends to occur in teenagers and teens, but can also occur in younger children and older adults.
Symptoms of Osteosarcoma cancer are:
- Pain in the infected bone
- Swelling near the bone area
- Bone injury or bone break for no clear reason
- In severe cases, an uncommon symptom might be a bone fracture, wherein a months-long sore limb becomes very painful when the fracture occurs.
Osteosarcoma is classified into three groups- high, moderate, or low grade. Doctors diagnose the tumor grade to assess how likely it is that cancer will spread to other areas of the body. High-grade osteosarcomas are the kind with the fastest growth. Under a microscope, those do not appear like normal bone cells. It can then be found that several cells are in the process of splitting into new cells. There are many forms of High-grade osteosarcomas. Intermediate-grade osteosarcomas are the unusual tumors typically treated in the same manner as low-grade osteosarcomas. The low-grade ones are the slowest-growing osteosarcomas, whereby the tumors appear more like natural bone and have few dividing cells when viewed under a microscope.
Osteosarcoma cancer diagnosis usually includes chemotherapy, surgery, and, occasionally, radiation therapy. Doctors choose treatment options depending on where the osteosarcoma starts, cancer size, osteosarcoma type, and grade and whether cancer has spread beyond the bone. Throughout the years, medical advances for osteosarcoma have significantly improved outlook (prognosis) for this disease. Lifelong monitoring is advised following completion of treatment to check for the late effects of intensive treatments.
