Clinical characteristics and treatment results of pediatric osteosarcoma: the role of high dose chemotherapy with autologous stem cell transplantation.
OBJECTIVE
In this study, we investigated the clinical characteristics and treatment results of osteosarcoma during the past 7 years, and evaluated the role of high dose chemotherapy (HDCT) with autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT).


METHODS
We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of patients who were diagnosed as osteosarcoma at our center from January, 2000 to December, 2007.


RESULTS
The 5-year overall survival and event-free survival of the patients were 72.6% and 55.9%, respectively. Seventeen (41.5%) patients showed disease progression during treatment or relapse after the end of treatment. The patients who had metastasis at diagnosis or who had a lower grade of necrosis after neoadjuvant chemotherapy showed decreased overall and event-free survival. Four patients received ASCT after HDCT, and 3 of them are alive without disease.


CONCLUSIONS
The patients who relapsed or had refractory osteosarcoma or who had metastasis at diagnosis or a lower grade of necrosis after neoadjuvant chemotherapy showed poor prognosis. HDCT with ASCT could be an alternative treatment option for these patients.
Lee
Ji Won
JW
Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Kim
Hyery
H
Kang
Hyoung Jin
HJ
Kim
Han-Soo
HS
Park
Sung-Hye
SH
Kim
In-One
IO
Ahn
Hyo Seop
HS
Shin
Hee Young
HY
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