title: Maxillary osteosarcoma: two case reports and literature review.
abstract: Osteosarcoma is a rare malignant tumor of the maxilla. Although clear surgical margin is the only predictor for the prognosis of the disease, neoadjuvent chemotherapy showed a reasonable effect on the tumor with variable degree of necrosis. In this article, we report two cases where neoadjuvent chemotherapy was used with review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Tel: +966 50 416 9769; e-mail: abdulmalak.alyahya@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Abdulmalak
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Al-Yahya
authors.forename: Abdulaziz
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: BinAhmed
authors.forename: Talal
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Alshammari