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Oncology
intermediate
X-Type

Osteosarcoma Treatment Principles

Primary Bone Tumors

A 14-year-old boy presents with 3 months of progressive right distal femur pain and swelling. Radiographs show an aggressive mixed lytic/scite lesion with periosteal reaction and soft tissue extension. MRI confirms a large tumor with cortical breakthrough. Biopsy reveals high-grade conventional osteosarcoma. Staging CT shows no pulmonary metastases. Regarding osteosarcoma treatment:

Mark each as TRUE or FALSE

A

Standard treatment for high-grade osteosarcoma is neoadjuvant chemotherapy (MAP regimen: Methotrexat...

B

Surgical margins: wide resection (2cm or intact fascial barrier) is the goal; intralesional (through...

C

Amputation always has better survival than limb salvage surgery; neoadjuvant chemotherapy is not use...

D

Huvos grading assesses tumor necrosis after neoadjuvant chemotherapy: Grade I (less than 50% necrosi...

E

Limb salvage reconstruction options include: endoprosthetic replacement (most common, allows early m...

Answer the questions to see explanations

Click T (True) or F (False) for each option