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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-6-12
pubmed:abstractText
Tumor necrosis following preoperative chemotherapy in patients with osteosarcoma is a predictor of overall survival. With modern therapies, 45% of patients are expected to achieve more than 90% tumor necrosis. Investigators at the authors' center, however, increasingly noted that patients were experiencing inferior necrosis responses. A retrospective study of treated patients at the center was undertaken to examine this. The purpose of this study was to determine (1) whether the number of patients with favorable histological responses had changed over time and (2) whether the percentage of patients with favorable responses was similar to published outcomes. Chart reviews were performed on patients treated from 1993 to 2003 according to the Pediatric Oncology Group 9351, regimen A protocol. Twenty-one patients met all eligibility requirements; 52% of patients had more than 90% necrosis. No correlation existed between degree of necrosis and year of treatment (r = 0.06; P = .8). Patients with osteosarcoma treated at the authors' institution have comparable tumor necrosis responses to published outcomes, and no change occurred over time. This study stresses the importance of rigorous retrospective reviews before implementing treatment changes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1043-4542
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
176-81
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16766682-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:16766682-Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, pubmed-meshheading:16766682-Bone Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:16766682-Chemotherapy, Adjuvant, pubmed-meshheading:16766682-Child, pubmed-meshheading:16766682-Cisplatin, pubmed-meshheading:16766682-Doxorubicin, pubmed-meshheading:16766682-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16766682-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:16766682-Methotrexate, pubmed-meshheading:16766682-Necrosis, pubmed-meshheading:16766682-Neoplasm Staging, pubmed-meshheading:16766682-Osteosarcoma, pubmed-meshheading:16766682-Osteotomy, pubmed-meshheading:16766682-Predictive Value of Tests, pubmed-meshheading:16766682-Preoperative Care, pubmed-meshheading:16766682-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:16766682-Proportional Hazards Models, pubmed-meshheading:16766682-Research Design, pubmed-meshheading:16766682-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:16766682-Statistics, Nonparametric, pubmed-meshheading:16766682-Survival Rate, pubmed-meshheading:16766682-Treatment Outcome
pubmed:articleTitle
Tumor necrosis in pediatric osteosarcoma: impact of modern therapies.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Hematology/Oncology, Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. eleanor.hendershot@sickkids.ca
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article