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Chemotherapy for osteosarcoma with high-dose methotrexate is effective and outpatient therapy is now possible

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The synopsis was written by James Casey, Editorial Assistant, Nature Clinical Practice.

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Anderson, P. Chemotherapy for osteosarcoma with high-dose methotrexate is effective and outpatient therapy is now possible. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 4, 624–625 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncponc0953

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