Osteosarcoma and Fluoride

Osteosarcoma is a primary bone cancer that usually affects young adults. Primary bone cancer, or cancer that starts in the bone, is very rare. Less than one per cent of people with bone cancer have primary bone cancer. The causes of primary bone cancer are not known and epidemiological studies show no clear association between fluoride in drinking water and osteosarcoma.

In Australia, an average of nine to ten cases of osteosarcoma are diagnosed each year in children under the age of 15.1 In Victoria, an average of two to three cases are diagnosed each year.

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 Osteosarcoma and fluoride