Modern therapeutic osteosarcoma protocols, including both pre- and post-operative cycles of chemotherapy, have helped improving the quality of the prognosis and marking the local control of the neoplasm more reliable, with a subsequent increase in conservative surgery. Angiographic results of the chemotherapeutic response in 76 patients with primitive high-grade bone osteosarcoma are reported. The need to repeat angiographic controls under the same technical conditions is emphasized. The comparison of the above findings with data from the histological evaluation of the specimen, shows that angiography is a reliable means of evaluating the response to chemotherapy. Angiography is thus emphasized as a valid method in an early evaluation of the efficacy of chemotherapy.
Valutazione angiografica della risposta dell' osteosarcoma alla chemioterapia neoadiuvante
CAPANNA, RODOLFO
1988-01-01
Abstract
Modern therapeutic osteosarcoma protocols, including both pre- and post-operative cycles of chemotherapy, have helped improving the quality of the prognosis and marking the local control of the neoplasm more reliable, with a subsequent increase in conservative surgery. Angiographic results of the chemotherapeutic response in 76 patients with primitive high-grade bone osteosarcoma are reported. The need to repeat angiographic controls under the same technical conditions is emphasized. The comparison of the above findings with data from the histological evaluation of the specimen, shows that angiography is a reliable means of evaluating the response to chemotherapy. Angiography is thus emphasized as a valid method in an early evaluation of the efficacy of chemotherapy.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.