Osteosarcoma Therapy
Data on osteosarcoma therapy described by researchers at Korea Cancer Center Hospital, Department of Pathology
Published in Clinical Oncology Week, September 7th, 2009
Researchers detail in 'Prognostic effects of doctor-associated diagnostic delays in osteosarcoma,' new data in osteosarcoma. "In this retrospective study, we evaluated to what extent diagnostic delays impact prognosis in osteosarcoma. The authors identified 26 osteosarcoma patients who had undergone inappropriate procedure-associated diagnostic delays of more than 45 days after surgery, calculated overall survival rates, and analyzed clinicopathologic characteristics," investigators in Seoul, Korea report.
"Initial clinical impressions were of a benign bone tumor in 15 patients, fracture in 8, and infection in 3. After initial inappropriate procedures, primary surgeons...
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