Osteosarcoma. Clinical and pathological considerations.
The current local recurrence rate following limb sparing surgery for osteosarcoma is on the order of 5 per cent. Major advances in both reconstructive surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy have dramatically improved the disease-free survival rate and the quality of life in patients with osteosarcoma.
Klein
M J
MJ
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York.
Kenan
S
S
Lewis
M M
MM
D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy