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Chemotherapy in Osteosarcoma

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Treatment of osteosarcoma requires a combined approach of surgery of the primary tumor and systemic chemotherapy.

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Ferrari, S. (2014). Chemotherapy in Osteosarcoma. In: Picci, P., Manfrini, M., Fabbri, N., Gambarotti, M., Vanel, D. (eds) Atlas of Musculoskeletal Tumors and Tumorlike Lesions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01748-8_44

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