Chondrosarcoma

Study data from Radboud University update understanding of chondrosarcoma

Published in Medical Device Law Weekly, January 11th, 2009

According to recent research from Netherlands, "Cryosurgery using liquid nitrogen is used as adjuvant treatment after intralesional resection of bone tumours to induce cell death. It is applied to enlarge the oncological margins of resection and 10 reduce the local recurrence rate."

"The objective of this study is to analyze the oncological and functional results. We studied the oncological and functional results of curettage and cryosurgery in 123 patients with 130 tumors. There were 75 enchondromas and 55 chondrosarcomas grade 1. The minimal follow-up period for all patients was 2 years (range 24-119 months). During follow-up one local recurrence of an active...

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Source: Medical Device Law Weekly (2009-01-11)

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