作者: Anja Luetke , Paul A. Meyers , Ian Lewis , Heribert Juergens
DOI: 10.1016/J.CTRV.2013.11.006
关键词: Oncology 、 Systemic chemotherapy 、 Alpha interferon 、 Mifamurtide 、 Osteosarcoma 、 Medicine 、 Chemotherapy 、 State of the art review 、 Internal medicine 、 Poor prognosis 、 Disease 、 Surgery
摘要: Long-term outcome for patients with high-grade osteosarcoma has improved with the addition of systemic chemotherapy, but subsequent progress has been less marked. Modern, multiagent, dose-intensive chemotherapy in conjunction with surgery achieves a 5-year event-free survival of 60–70% in extremity localized, non-metastatic disease. A major, as yet unsolved, problem is the poor prognosis for metastatic relapse or recurrence, and for patients with axial disease. This article reviews the current state of the art of systemic …