Conventional osteosarcoma of the mandible successfully treated with radical surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy after responding poorly to neoadjuvant chemotherapy: a case report

Conventional osteosarcoma of the mandible successfully treated with radical surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy after responding poorly to neoadjuvant chemotherapy: a case report

Abstract Background Osteosarcoma, the most common primary bone malignancy, has an extremely poor prognosis and a high rate of local recurrence and distal metastases. Because osteosarcomas of the head and neck region are rare, accounting for less than 10% of all osteosarcoma cases, limited informatio...

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Main Authors: Yutaro Kimura, Kei Tomihara, Hidetake Tachinami, Shuichi Imaue, Kenji Nakamori, Kumiko Fujiwara, Kayo Suzuki, Taketoshi Yasuda, Shigeharu Miwa, Eiji Nakayama, Makoto Noguchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
Subjects:
Conventional osteosarcoma
Mandible
Head and neck
Chemotherapy
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13256-017-1386-0

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