title: Local growth and the prognosis of osteosarcoma.
abstract: We have analysed 63 patients who had stage II osteosarcoma of the distal femur (32) or proximal tibia (31) to determine the patterns of disease-free and overall survival in relation to local growth. All had neoadjuvant chemotherapy. The extent of local growth predicts both types of survival in these tumours.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Westfalen Wilhelms University, Münster, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wuisman
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Enneking
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roesner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D011379:Prognosis; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013977:Tibia