Can osteosarcoma be completely cured?

Medically, osteosarcoma is a stubborn tumor disease. It is common for osteosarcoma to recur after treatment. Moreover, many osteosarcomas not only fail to achieve the expected effect after long-term treatment, but become more serious. Therefore, patients have doubts about whether osteosarcoma can be completely cured. So, can osteosarcoma be completely cured?

At present, many patients' families and even primary care doctors still believe that osteosarcoma is a malignant tumor and that it cannot be cured. Indeed, the treatment of malignant bone tumors has always been a difficult problem in orthopedic treatment. However, in the past 30 years, due to the application of neoadjuvant chemotherapy, the survival rate of patients with malignant bone tumors has been significantly improved. Foreign reports have shown that the 5-year survival rate of osteosarcoma patients has reached 60% to 75%, and even the 5-year tumor-free survival rate has reached 80%. Therefore, it is believed that as long as it is discovered early and treated regularly, osteosarcoma can be completely controlled or cured.

At present, the treatment of osteosarcoma adopts a standardized comprehensive treatment model, which greatly improves the treatment effect and the survival rate of patients. Before the 1970s, the treatment of osteosarcoma was mainly based on simple surgery, and patients could only undergo amputation or joint separation, with a 5-year survival rate of less than 25%; now a comprehensive treatment model of preoperative chemotherapy, surgery, and postoperative chemotherapy is adopted, and the 5-year survival rate of patients can reach more than 50%. Therefore, patients with osteosarcoma are reminded to pay attention to choosing the appropriate treatment method according to their actual condition, and adopt standardized comprehensive treatment under the guidance of a doctor to achieve better treatment effects. At the same time, early detection of the disease and reasonable treatment have greatly improved the cure rate of osteosarcoma patients, thereby achieving a radical cure.

In addition to adjusting their mentality and actively cooperating with the doctor's treatment, osteosarcoma patients should also take appropriate measures to prevent the occurrence of the disease. Patients should pay more attention to their daily lives and have regular physical examinations to ensure their health or early detection of diseases.

Finally, osteosarcoma patients should strengthen physical exercise and enhance their physical fitness. Patients should be more sensitive to their physical changes and pay more attention to them. If they find problems, it is best to seek medical treatment or consult for solutions in time, and never delay the disease.