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ArticleEFORT open reviews2020

Chondrosarcomas in children and adolescents.

Ajay Puri

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Article in EFORT open reviews, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ajay PuriDepartment of Surgery, Tata Memorial Hospital, HBNI, Mumbai.
Tata Memorial Hospital · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chondrosarcomas in children and adolescents are uncommon and constitute < 5% of all chondrosarcomas. There are very few studies discussing extremity chondrosarcomas in young patients.The pelvis is the most common site, followed by the proximal femur.As cartilaginous tumours can be quite challenging to diagnose, it is best for these lesions to be discussed in a multidisciplinary meeting which includes a radiologist and a pathologist specializing in bone tumours.Treatment principles are similar to those in adults, with adequate surgical excision respecting oncologic principles being the mainstay of treatment. Select extremity Grade I chondrosarcomas may be managed with extended intralesional curettage without increasing the risk for local recurrence or metastatic disease, but case selection is critical and should be based on clinical, imaging and histological characteristics.Chondrosarcomas are resistant to chemotherapy and relatively radioresistant. For mesenchymal chondrosarcomas, there may be a role for chemotherapy, though data on this is limited.Prognosis and rate of recurrence correlate directly to the adequacy of the surgical resection.Chondrosarcomas in younger patients behave in a similar fashion to those in adults, and outcomes in the young are no different from those in adults. Cite this article:

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bone tumourlimb salvagesecondary chondrosarcoma

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PMID32175095
PMCPMC7047903
OpenAlexW3004838094

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