## Abstract ## BACKGROUND Despite improvements in therapy for osteosarcoma, approximately 4–10% of patients experience a local recurrence and have a poor prognosis. ## METHODS The authors analyzed prognostic factors for survival in 26 patients with a local recurrence of osteosarcoma who were tre
Survival after recurrence of Ewing Tumors : The St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Experience, 1979–1999
✍ Scribed by Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo; Catherine A. Billups; Larry E. Kun; Bhaskar N. Rao; Charles B. Pratt; Thomas E. Merchant; Victor M. Santana; Alberto S. Pappo
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 105 KB
- Volume
- 94
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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