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Advances in the management of osteosarcoma

2016-11-25

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Osteosarcoma, a bone cancer most commonly seen in adolescents and young adults, is usually a high-grade malignancy characterized by a very high risk for the development of pulmonary metastases. High-grade osteosarcomas are usually treated by preoperative and postoperative chemotherapy and surgery, with a very limited number of active agents available. Rarer lower-grade variants such as parosteal and periosteal ost...

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73bdb539-8106-5c1e-a50d-9f14fafd5224
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10.12688/f1000research.9465.1
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