Open AccessPalliative approach in advanced pelvic osteosarcoma: a single centre experience of a rare disease
Author(s) -
Ritesh Kumar,
Rakesh Kapoor,
Divya Khosla,
Narendra Kumar,
Pramod Kumar Singh,
Mahendra Kumar,
Sushmita Sharma
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1075.132624
Subject(s) - medicine , osteosarcoma , pelvis , stage (stratigraphy) , presentation (obstetrics) , progressive disease , chemotherapy , sarcoma , surgery , overall survival , disease , radiology , paleontology , pathology , biology
Pelvic osteosarcoma is a rare and aggressive malignant neoplasm with poor outcomes. It represents only 5% of all osteosarcomas. The authors present our institute's experience in management and outcomes of five successive patients of pelvic osteosarcoma.