TY - CHAP AU - Kapadia Asha AU - Almel Sachin AU - Shaikh Muzammil ED - Manish Agarwal Y1 - 2012-04-11 PY - 2012 T1 - Chemotherapy in Osteosarcoma N2 - This book is aimed at quickly updating the reader on osteosarcoma, a dreaded primary bone cancer. Progress in management of osteosarcoma has been slow after the evolution of chemotherapy and limb salvage surgery. Research is now directed towards identifying molecular targets for systemic therapy. Availability of chemotherapy drugs and low cost implants in developing world have allowed limb salvage surgery to develop. This book looks at current basic knowledge on osteosarcoma and some of the developments in research which have the potential to change the prognosis. BT - Osteosarcoma SP - Ch. 4 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/45726 DO - 10.5772/45726 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-23 ER -