Preoperative intra-arterial chemotherapy in patients with osteosarcoma: case report of seven patients below the age of 18 years

• Published in: Journal of chemotherapy (Florence) Vol. 2; no. 5; p. 331
• Main Authors: Barjaktarević, Z, Sbutega, B, Bekić, Z, Munjas, N, Atanacković, M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.10.1990
• Subjects: Adolescent; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - therapeutic use; Bleomycin - administration & dosage; Bone Neoplasms - drug therapy; Child; Cisplatin - administration & dosage; Doxorubicin - administration & dosage; Drug Administration Schedule; Femoral Neoplasms - drug therapy; Humans; Injections, Intra-Arterial; Methotrexate - administration & dosage; Osteosarcoma - drug therapy; Tibia

In the period between 1987 and 1989, seven patients under 18 years of age with osteosarcoma of a lower limb were treated by preoperative intra-arterial chemotherapy. The age of the patients ranged from 12 to 17 years, the median age being 14.5 years. The polyethylene catheter was placed surgically i...