Survival analysis of elderly patients with osteosarcoma.

Affiliation

Musculoskeletal Oncology Service, Osaka International Cancer Institute, 3-1-69 Otemae, Chuo-ku, Osaka, 541-8567, Japan. [Email]

Abstract

Few studies have described the characteristics and prognostic factors of elderly patients with osteosarcoma. We retrospectively investigated clinico-pathological features and prognostic factors in osteosarcoma patients > 40 years old.

Keywords

Definitive surgery,Distant metastasis,Elderly patients,Neoadjuvant and/or adjuvant chemotherapy,Osteosarcoma,