Osteosarcoma survival time

Osteosarcoma is the most common type of bone tumor. The survival time of patients can range from 1 year to more than ten years. This is because osteosarcoma is divided into many types. Different types and different degrees of malignancy will have completely different survival times. The choice of treatment method also determines the survival time of osteosarcoma patients. Most osteosarcomas are relatively malignant. Even if the tumor is completely removed or even amputated, and a sufficient course of chemotherapy is performed, the patient's 5-year survival rate may be less than 50%. In addition, the situation of previous treatment, whether it has undergone standardized chemotherapy, because targeted therapy is very effective now, the patient's pathological tissue can be genetically tested and screened to see if there are corresponding highly expressed targets, which can be selected for standardized treatment. As for the question of how long a person can live with a cartilage tumor, it should be viewed separately, depending on the malignancy of the cartilage tumor. The higher the malignancy, the shorter the life span may be.

Symptoms of liposarcoma metastasis

Liposarcomas are usually large, deep, painless, and gradually growing masses, most commonly occurring in the lower extremities (such as the popliteal fossa and inner thigh), retroperitoneum, perinephric, mesenteric regions, and shoulders. For example, skin liposarcoma may metastasize to the axilla or lymph nodes in the adjacent area, showing fat mass-like masses or enlarged lymph nodes in other parts of the body. Liposarcomas generally depend on the specific location.

Treatment of osteosarcoma

Surgical resection treatment: after the diagnosis of osteosarcoma, patients can consider local large-scale resection, segmental resection or amputation according to their specific condition. For most surgical operations on osteosarcoma, we should strive for local complete resection. For recurrent cases or cases with high primary malignancy and rapid development, amputation or joint dissection can be performed. The traditional treatment of osteosarcoma refers to amputation and radiotherapy, which generally has a poor prognosis, with a 5-year survival rate of no more than 20%. The treatment of osteosarcoma mainly adopts the method of preoperative chemotherapy plus surgery plus postoperative chemotherapy.