Choice of different treatment methods for osteosarcoma

In today's highly competitive society, various tumor diseases have been threatening people's health, and in severe cases even their lives. Clinically, the incidence of osteosarcoma has been showing a high state. Although the incidence of osteosarcoma is very high, there are many treatments for this disease. Below, I will introduce to you the different treatment options for osteosarcoma.

The main methods for treating osteosarcoma are as follows. Patients can choose a treatment plan that suits them according to their actual situation:

1. Radiotherapy. In the past, people often believed that osteosarcoma was not sensitive to radiotherapy, which means that the treatment effect was not ideal. Therefore, radiotherapy was rarely used as a means of treating osteosarcoma. However, it is now generally believed clinically that radiotherapy is very effective in treating osteosarcoma, so it is a good treatment method worthy of patients' choice.

2. Chemotherapy. In clinical practice, many tumor diseases are often treated with chemotherapy. The treatment of osteosarcoma is no exception. Chemotherapy can also be used to treat osteosarcoma, but in terms of therapeutic effect, this method still needs further investigation and research, because there is no mature chemotherapy regimen for the treatment of osteosarcoma.

3. Surgical resection. 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 separation can be performed. In recent years, osteosarcoma has been treated with regional arterial infusion chemotherapy before surgery, followed by limb-saving surgery. Its efficacy is similar to that of amputation. Surgical treatments for bone tumors include: (1) Tumor curettage and bone grafting. Applicable to benign bone tumors (2) Resection and bone grafting. Applicable to benign and low-grade malignant bone tumors (3) Amputation. Applicable to patients with huge malignant bone tumors or those with extensive involvement of nearby soft tissues, but it also needs to be carefully considered.

For osteosarcoma, patients must first have the courage to accept it, then face it with the right attitude, and then choose the right method to treat the osteosarcoma. Psychological "treatment" has a great impact on osteosarcoma. At present, the better method for treating osteosarcoma in clinical practice is surgical resection.