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ReviewFrontiers in oncology2025

Research status and prospects of molecular pathological mechanisms and novel therapeutic targets of osteosarcoma: a systematic review.

Huan Jin, Cai Huang, Ying Dong, Qi Xiong, Di Wang, Ziyi He, Yu Shang, Lin Shen, Chen Ma, Zixian Wang and 3 more

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Review in Frontiers in oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Huan Jin *Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Cai Huang *Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Ying DongDepartment of Internal Medicine, Rongjun Hospital of Hubei, Wuhan, China.
Qi XiongDepartment of Internal Medicine, Rongjun Hospital of Hubei, Wuhan, China.
Di WangDepartment of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Ziyi HeDepartment of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Yu ShangDepartment of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Lin ShenDepartment of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Chen MaDepartment of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Zixian WangDepartment of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Siwei ShiDepartment of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
LingFeng ZengGuangdong Provincial Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Bo ShuaiDepartment of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The treatment of osteosarcoma, a highly aggressive primary malignant bone tumour, has long faced limitations due to chemotherapy resistance, tumour het-erogeneity, and an immunosuppressive microenvironment. Methods: This review synthesizes recent multi-omics and clinical trial data to analyse synergistic oncogenic mechanisms in osteosarcoma-including driver mutations (TP53/RB1), epigenetic re-programming (m Results: Targeted therapies demonstrate potential to improve prognosis in clinical trials; immunotherapies significantly enhance response rates by remodelling the cold tumour microenvironment; advanced technologies like nanotechnology and 3D-printed scaffolds over-come limitations of conventional treatments and enable integrated diagnosis and therapy. However, tumour evolutionary heterogeneity, off-target toxicity of targeted therapies, and translational gaps between animal models and clinical efficacy remain major challenges. Conclusions: Future directions require integrating AI-driven imaging omics, spatiotemporal multi-omics, and mechanically adaptive biomaterials to establish a precision management system. This will advance osteosarcoma therapy from survival prolongation toward functional cure-defined as complete tumour eradication with physiological reconstruction of bone structure/function (e.g., restoring load-bearing/joint mobility), while preventing treatment-related disability, ultimately achieving oncologic cure with preserved quality of life.

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cutting-edge technologymulti-omics researchosteosarcomapathological mechanismstargeted therapy

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PMCPMC12864143

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