Osteoblastoma is a rare primary bone tumor that is curable by complete excision. There are few data about the effectiveness of chemotherapy or radiotherapy in the treatment of recurrent osteoblastoma. We report a 13-year-old girl wit recurrent osteoblastoma who, after in complete surgical excision,
Osteoblastoma response to chemotherapy
β Scribed by Bruce Camitta; Robert Wells; Annette Segura; K. Krishnan Unni; Kevin Murray; David Dunn
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 598 KB
- Volume
- 68
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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