Estrategias de diagnóstico del osteosarcoma en atención primaria de salud

Abstract

Osteosarcoma is a malignant pathology, defined as cancer, however, for a timely diagnosis, complementary tests must be carried out to corroborate said diagnosis, for which the following bibliographical review has been carried out aimed at primary health care. Objective: To describe the diagnostic strategies through bibliographic updates for the early detection of osteosarcoma in the first level of health care. Materials and methods: the search for scientific articles was carried out through the following official pages that have scientific evidence, PubMed, The Lancet, Elsevier, Google Scholar, 15 scientific articles duly searched in Scimago and World Ranking as chiartile 1 were collected. Conclusion: As a diagnostic strategy for osteosarcoma, an algorithm was described for the first level of health care, in order to capture patients with bone pain, avoiding late complications such as metastasis of cancer cells, these skills help health personnel to follow a quick and effective protocol through the onset of pain.