Chondrosarcoma medical therapy

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Medical Therapy

• Chemotherapy or traditional radiotherapy are not very effective for most chondrosarcomas.
• proton therapy is showing promise with local tumor control at over 80% [2].

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