Osteosarcomas of the femur are treated nowadays, if possible, by chemotherapy, resection of the tumor and reconstruction with an endoprosthesis. There is not only a risk of epiphyseal fractures in the long bones due to chemotherapy but also of a fracture in the remnant of the treated femur These fra
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The treatment of primary tumors of the femur with chemotherapy (if indicated), resection and reconstruction with an endoprosthesis
✍ Scribed by R. P. H. Veth; H. K. L. Nielsen; J. Oldhoff; H. Schraffordt Koops; A. Postma; W. Kamps; G. J. Den Heeten; R. M. Hartel; F. Van Krieken; L. N. H. Göeken; J. W. Oosterhuis
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 573 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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## Background: In the past 20 years, it has been demonstrated that the combination of surgery and chemotherapy improves the prognosis for patients with osteosarcoma of the extremity without detectable metastases at presentation. by contrast, the efficacy of chemotherapy coupled with aggressive surg