What are the misunderstandings in the treatment of osteosarcoma

Patients with osteosarcoma suffer great physical and psychological damage, and we also feel very uncomfortable. However, if you find that you have osteosarcoma, you must go to a regular hospital for treatment to avoid misunderstandings in the treatment of osteosarcoma and strive for a speedy recovery. So let's talk about the misunderstandings in the treatment of osteosarcoma.

Osteosarcoma is a malignant tumor that cannot be cured. Rather than losing both money and life in the end, it is better to give up treatment as soon as possible. This is what some osteosarcoma patients and their families take for granted; some patients think that they must undergo amputation if they suffer from this disease... Little do they know that these misunderstandings not only delay the treatment, but even cause the patient to lose his life. The following are some of the treatment misunderstandings:

Myth 1: Osteosarcoma is a malignant tumor that cannot be cured. With the advancement of modern imaging and surgical operations, especially the widespread use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy, the comprehensive treatment level of osteosarcoma has been greatly improved. As long as it is discovered early and receives regular treatment, osteosarcoma can be completely controlled or cured. Chemotherapy, surgery, and re-chemotherapy are the standard treatment models for malignant bone tumors. Chemotherapy before surgery can effectively kill satellite lesions around the tumor and subclinical lesions of distant metastasis. Chemotherapy can shrink the primary lesion of the tumor, creating clear surgical boundaries to create conditions for surgery.

Myth 2: Amputation is necessary when osteosarcoma is discovered. In the past, it was believed that amputation was necessary for osteosarcoma. Some doctors believed that "life is better than legs, and legs are better than life." This view is wrong. For patients with tumors with potential metastasis, neoadjuvant chemotherapy is to implant a catheter in the blood supply artery of the tumor lesion area and connect it to a chemotherapy pump to deliver chemotherapy drugs, which kills potential metastases in advance and avoids postoperative recurrence. Therefore, limb-preserving treatment is safer and more feasible.

Myth 3: The earlier the surgery for osteosarcoma is done, the better. If the surgery is performed too early, the doctor will do useless work, the family will spend more money, and the patient will suffer more. Because osteosarcoma has three lesions, in addition to the primary lesion of the tumor, there are also satellite lesions (jumping lesions) and distant subclinical lesions. If these two lesions are not controlled, the disease will still recur after the surgery. Chemotherapy before surgery is to minimize the primary lesions of the tumor with unclear boundaries, high blood supply, and invasive growth, so as to kill and control the satellite lesions and subclinical lesions.

Myth 4: The toxic side effects of chemotherapy can lead to death. It is undeniable that chemotherapy can damage human organs. However, if we want to find a chemotherapy method that can effectively kill cancer cells and minimize the damage to healthy organs of the human body, subcutaneous implantable arterial chemotherapy pump chemotherapy is the most ideal solution.

Myth 5: If chemotherapy is effective, there is no need for surgery. The treatment of osteosarcoma should follow the principle of "chemotherapy-surgery-chemotherapy". Many patients have achieved gratifying results after chemotherapy and are often unwilling to accept the pain of surgery, but they do not know how serious the consequences will be. When chemotherapy has achieved satisfactory results, the tumor bone must be removed by surgery. The purpose of chemotherapy before surgery is to kill the satellite lesions of the tumor and the distant subclinical lesions, so that the local tumor has a clear surgical boundary to create conditions for surgery.