Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for osteosarcoma of the extremities in preadolescent patients: The rizzoli institute experience

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 908-912

  Bacci, Gaetano ^a,b   Balladelli, Alba ^a   Palmerini, Emanuela ^a   Alberghini, Marco ^a   Pollastri, Paola ^a   Galletti, Stefano ^a   Mercuri, Mario ^a   Picci, Piero ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b Chemotherapy Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

Long term results; Neoadjuvant therapy; Osteosarcoma; Preadolescents

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHOTREXATE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADJUVANT THERAPY; BONE TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; LIMB; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BONE NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OSTEOSARCOMA; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59149103200     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e31817e4aee     Document Type: Article

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