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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Rohan A. Bhimani, M.B.B.S., D.N.B., M.Ch.[2]
Overview
Chemotherapy and radiotherapy are indicated for chondrosarcoma as adjuvant therapy or palliative treatment in surgically inaccessible areas. Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for chondrosarcoma.
Medical Therapy
- Chemotherapy or traditional radiotherapy are not very effective for most chondrosarcomas.[1][2][3][4]
- Wide spread metastasis is usually an indication for systemic radiotherapy or chemotherapy.
- It is also indicated as a palliative treatment in surgically inaccessible areas.
- Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for chondrosarcoma.
References
- ↑ Grimer RJ, Gosheger G, Taminiau A, Biau D, Matejovsky Z, Kollender Y; et al. (2007). "Dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma: prognostic factors and outcome from a European group". Eur J Cancer. 43 (14): 2060–5. doi:10.1016/j.ejca.2007.06.016. PMID 17720491.
- ↑ Lex JR, Evans S, Stevenson JD, Parry M, Jeys LM, Grimer RJ (2018). "Dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma of the pelvis: clinical outcomes and current treatment". Clin Sarcoma Res. 8: 23. doi:10.1186/s13569-018-0110-1. PMC 6293503. PMID 30559960.
- ↑ Peabody, Terrance (2014). Orthopaedic oncology : primary and metastatic tumors of the skeletal system. Cham: Springer. ISBN 9783319073224.
- ↑ Czerniak, Bogdan (2016). Dorfman and Czerniak's bone tumors. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier/Saunders. ISBN 9780323023962.