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Although further confirmation and clarifications are needed, the factors that seem to play a role in determining the prognosis of a disease are: age, tumor volume, site, increase in alkaline phosphatase and LDH in blood, histological grade, histological subtype, and ploidy.

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  1. Complex Operative Unit, Neurological, Sub-Intensive, Orthopedic-Vascular, General Geriatric Rehabilitation Unit, Department of Medicine and Rehabilitation, G. Salvini Hospital, Garbagnate Milanese, Italy

    Valentina Gariboldi

  2. Physical Rehabilitation, Gaetano Pini – CTO Orthopedic Institute, Milan, Italy

    Maurizio Lopresti

  3. Rehabilitation Department, Gaetano Pini – CTO Orthopedic Institute, Milano, Italy

    Lorenzo Panella

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  1. Physical Rehabilitation, Gaetano Pini – CTO Orthopedic Institute, Milan, Italy

    Maurizio Lopresti

  2. Rehabilitation Department, Gaetano Pini – CTO Orthopedic Institute, Milano, Italy

    Lorenzo Panella

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Gariboldi, V., Lopresti, M., Panella, L. (2021). Prognosis. In: Lopresti, M., Panella, L. (eds) Rehabilitation After Limb Salvage Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66352-0_4

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