Osteosarcoma: Specimen management following primary chemotherapy

A. K. Raymond, W. Simms, A. G. Ayala

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Abstract

The use of preoperative (i.e., primary) chemotherapy has been shown to be of direct and significant benefit to the osteosarcoma patient. There is virtually an immediate palliation of symptoms. Increasing numbers of patients with osteosarcoma involving bones of the appendicular skeleton are eligible for limb-salvage procedures secondary to the local effects of chemotherapy that result in a decrease in size and compaction (i.e., down-staging) of the tumors.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)841-867
Number of pages27
JournalHematology/Oncology Clinics of North America
Volume9
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1995

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Hematology
  • Oncology

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