Osteosarcoma follow-up: chest X-ray or computed tomography?

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• 作者：Anna Paioli ; Michele Rocca ; Luca Cevolani ; Eugenio Rimondi…
• 关键词：Osteosarcoma ; Follow ; up ; Chest X ; ray ; Chest computed tomography
• 刊名：Clinical Sarcoma Research
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：7
• 期：1
• 全文大小：890KB
• 刊物主题：Cancer Research; Oncology; Surgical Oncology;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：2045-3329
• 卷排序：7

文摘

BackgroundIn patients with relapsed osteosarcoma, the surgical excision of all metastases, defined as second complete remission (CR-2), is the factor that mainly influences post-relapse survival (PRS). Currently a validated follow-up policy for osteosarcoma is not available, both chest X-ray and computed tomography (CT) are suggested for lung surveillance. The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether the type of imaging technique used for chest surveillance, chest X-ray or CT, influenced the rate of CR-2 and prognosis in patients with recurrent osteosarcoma.