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Localized Osteosarcoma/Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of Bone

Treatment of osteosarcoma may be the following:

  • Neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by surgery followed by adjuvant chemotherapy.
  • Clinical trials of new methods of giving chemotherapy and new schedules of treatment.
  • A clinical trial of high-dose radiation therapy with or without chemotherapy.
  • A clinical trial of chemotherapy with or without biologic therapy.

Treatment of malignant fibrous histiocytoma of bone may be the following:

  • Neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by wide local excision of the tumor.

WebMD Public Information from the National Cancer Institute

Last Updated: August 10, 2006
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