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When do you consider is too late after resection to offer adjuvant therapy for high grade osteosarcoma?

What time delay would make the benefit of adjuvant therapy likely no longer significant?
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Radiation Oncology · Cleveland Clinic Florida
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Regarding the time to resume chemotherapy post resection in osteosarcomas, I do not feel there is a strict cut-off time frame that would render one unlikely to benefit, however, there is well cited literature that shows that a delay of >21 days (3 weeks) leads to a higher risk of death (57%) compar...

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