Osteosarcoma of the proximal femur and humerus in children treated by resection, endoprosthesis and complementary chemotherapy.
Three cases of osteosarcoma of the proximal femur and humerus in children are reported. They were all highly malignant. They were treated by radical resection and prosthetic replacement with complementary chemotherapy. At 6 months, 2 years and 7 months, and 3 years and 2 months respectively they show no signs of local recurrence or metastases.
D001186:Artificial Limbs; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D005270:Femur Head; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants