How long can you live with early osteosarcoma

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 a complete tumor resection surgery or even amputation surgery is performed, and a sufficient course of chemotherapy is performed, the patient's 5-year survival rate may be less than 50%. A small number of osteosarcomas are low-malignant. For patients with low malignancy, the survival rate within 5 years will reach more than 80%, and there will be 10 years or even 15 years of survival time. Once the tumor metastasizes, the survival rate within 5 years will be greatly reduced. If there are no metastatic tumors in other locations, the patient is likely to survive for a long time, with a probability of more than 50%.

Treatment of osteosarcoma

In recent years, there are two major advances in the treatment of osteosarcoma. First, the application of comprehensive treatment based on high-dose chemotherapy. Second, the development of limb-saving surgery has significantly reduced the amputation rate of limbs. After the use of chemotherapy drugs, there is bone marrow suppression and a decrease in white blood cells. Routine use of drugs such as shark liver alcohol after medication can quickly restore cells. If the patient's white blood cell count decreases to less than 3×109 per liter, special attention should be paid to preventing infection, such as isolating the patient and promptly treating small infected lesions. Among patients receiving high-dose chemotherapy, 1/3 of the patients may have elevated transaminases. Symptomatic treatment with glycyrrhizin and infusion of hypertonic glucose can be beneficial to the recovery of liver function.

Liposarcoma symptoms

Liposarcoma is a tumor that originates in adults, with a high incidence period of 50 to 60 years old. Liposarcoma can occur in any part of the body, most commonly in the thigh and retroperitoneum. It has no characteristic manifestations, and a hard mass can be palpated, fixed, and without obvious tenderness. Highly malignant liposarcoma has a poor prognosis and is prone to metastasis. The most common site of metastasis is the lungs. Liposarcoma is also not sensitive to radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Commonly used chemotherapy drugs include doxorubicin, ifosfamide, gemcitabine, docetaxel, etc. Well-differentiated liposarcoma is not easy to metastasize, and the prognosis is better after surgical resection.