The predominant therapy for osteosarcoma is neoadjuvant chemotherapy (chemotherapy given before surgey) followed by surgical resection. The most common drugs used to treat osteosarcoma are cisplatin, doxorubicin and high-dose methotrexate. Ifosfamide can be used as an adjuvant treatment if the necrosis rate is low. Samarium is a radioactive drug that targets areas where bone cells growing, such as tumor cells in the bone. It relieves bone pain.
Osteosarcoma medical therapy
Osteosarcoma surgery
Osteoma surgery
Multiple myeloma surgery
Ewing's sarcoma medical therapy
Osteochondroma surgery
Osteoporosis medical therapy
Osteosarcoma risk factors