Osteoblastoma response to radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

Abstract

Osteoblastoma is a rare primary bone tumor that is curable by complete excision. There are few data about the effectiveness of chemotherapy or radiotherapy in the treatment of recurrent osteoblastoma. We report a 13-year-old girl wit recurrent osteoblastoma who, after in complete surgical excision, responded to treatment with radiotherapy and later with chemotherapy. Surgery remains the treatment of choice for osteoblastoma. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy either alone or together may be useful in selected patients with recurrent, aggressive tumor or in patients with surgically unresectable disease.

• Authors: S Berberoglu, A Oguz, E Aribal, O Ataoglu
• Journal: Medical and pediatric oncology (Med Pediatr Oncol) Vol. 28 Issue 4 Pg. 305-9 (Apr 1997) ISSN: 0098-1532 [Print] United States
• PMID: 9078333 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Doxorubicin
• Cisplatin

Topics

• Adolescent
• Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols (therapeutic use)
• Cervical Vertebrae
• Cisplatin (administration & dosage)
• Combined Modality Therapy
• Doxorubicin (administration & dosage)
• Female
• Humans
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Neoplasm Recurrence, Local (drug therapy, pathology, radiotherapy, surgery)
• Osteoblastoma (drug therapy, pathology, radiotherapy, surgery)
• Reoperation
• Spinal Neoplasms (drug therapy, pathology, radiotherapy, surgery)