An Italian teenager suffering from osteosarcoma has had half his pelvis replaced by a titanium transplant in what medics at Turin’s university hospital centre are stating is a world’s first. Osteosarcoma is a type of bone cancer that tends to occur at the sites of bone growth, it is the proliferation of osteoblastic cells in this region that lead to the transformation of cells. The tumour may … Continue reading The world’s first titanium hemipelvis transplant has taken place.