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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-3-5
pubmed:abstractText
To determine the role of chemotherapy in the multidisciplinary treatment of patients with osteosarcoma, a randomized prospective trial of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy was begun in 1981. Fifty-nine patients with nonmetastatic classic intramedullary osteosarcoma were randomized; 32 received postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy consisting of high-dose methotrexate, Adriamycin (Adria Laboratories, Columbus, OH), and BCD (bleomycin, cytoxan, actinomycin D), and 27 patients received no adjuvant chemotherapy. At a median follow-up of 2 years, there was a statistically significant improvement in both disease-free and overall survival in those who received adjuvant chemotherapy. In addition, there was no difference in the less than 20% disease-free or overall survival of patients treated in the 1970s who did not receive chemotherapy, as compared with the concurrent nontreatment controls. Therefore, with identical staging procedures, uniform surgical management, and standard pathologic evaluation, postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy definitely improves disease-free and overall survival in patients with osteosarcoma.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0732-183X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
21-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:3543236-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:3543236-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:3543236-Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, pubmed-meshheading:3543236-Bone Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:3543236-Child, pubmed-meshheading:3543236-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:3543236-Clinical Trials as Topic, pubmed-meshheading:3543236-Combined Modality Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:3543236-Drug Administration Schedule, pubmed-meshheading:3543236-Female, pubmed-meshheading:3543236-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:3543236-Male, pubmed-meshheading:3543236-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:3543236-Neoplasm Metastasis, pubmed-meshheading:3543236-Neoplasm Recurrence, Local, pubmed-meshheading:3543236-Neoplasm Staging, pubmed-meshheading:3543236-Osteosarcoma, pubmed-meshheading:3543236-Patient Compliance, pubmed-meshheading:3543236-Random Allocation
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Adjuvant chemotherapy for osteosarcoma: a randomized prospective trial.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Randomized Controlled Trial