Musculoskeletal Key

Fig. 2.1 Establishments of highly metastatic OS cell line, LM8 2.3 Candidate Target Molecules When we compared the expression of some of the proteins related to the cancer metastasis, most…

Fig. 18.1 Dose distribution of various radiations in the body. The neutron, X-ray, and gamma ray beams release their maximum radiation dose to tissues immediately after entering the body, whereas…

Type I: Tumor at diaphyseal location or metaphyseal location over 2 cm far from the epiphyseal plate Type II: Tumor at metaphyseal location extending to less than half of the epiphyseal…

Fig. 11.1 Type of pelvic resection according to Enneking and Dunham. Type I involves the ilium, type II involves the periacetabulum, and type III involves the pubic rami 11.3 Prosthetic…

Fig. 9.1 Overview of the endoprosthetic reconstruction for extremity osteosarcoma. A radiography (a) and a MR image (b) indicated the osteosarcoma of the distal femur (yellow triangle). Osteosarcoma of the…

Fig. 12.1 Incidence of surgical site infection by reconstruction modality [1, 4, 5, 10–33] 12.3.2 Time to Infection Presentation Hardes et al. have reported that time to infection after insertion…

Characteristic No. of patients % Entire population 529 100 Age, years; mean [SD] 20.0 [12.9]   ≤12 134 25.3  13–19 227 42.9  20–39 121 22.9  40– 47 8.9 Sex  Male 326…

Protocol Histological response EFS OS POG-8651 Viable tumor <10 % (n = 26) 5 years 73 % ± 8 % 5 years 77 % ± 9 % Viable tumor ≧10 % (n = 16) 44 % ± 15 80 % ± 12 % CCG-782 Viable tumor <5 % 8 years 81 % 8…

Fig 8.1 OOS-D regimen Complete blood count (CBC) and renal and hepatic functions were monitored before and after each chemotherapy administration. Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor was given to patients with grade…

Study Age Total number (secondary/%) Number of Paget’s disease of bone Huvos [5] 60< 117 (66/56 %) 58 (50 %) Grimer [11] 40< 481 (83a/17 %) 42 (8.7 %) Longhi [16] 65< 43 (14/33 %)…