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Osteosarcoma Therapy

Research findings from Akita University, Department of Orthopedic Surgery update understanding of osteosarcoma therapy

Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, January 19th, 2007

A new study, "Dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma with telangiectatic osteosarcoma-like features," is now available. "A 35-year-old Japanese man was admitted to the National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan, in December 2000, with a 2-month history of pain around the left thigh. Radiographs showed a poorly demarcated osteolytic lesion with focal mineralisation and endosteal scalloping in the left proximal femur," researchers in Akita, Japan report.

"Biopsy showed a proliferation of highly anaplastic cells without any cartilaginous component. A wide excision of the left proximal femur with a replacement by endoprosthesis was carried out in February 2001 after treatment with...

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