Osteosarcoma of the posterior maxilla

Osteosarcoma is a very uncommon tumor of the maxillofacial region. Due to the occurrence of the tumor at a young age and its aggressive nature, radical surgery forms the only modality of treatment. A combination of radiotherapy and postoperative chemotherapy has been used for the management of this...

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Autores principales: Prabhusankar, K., Karande, Amol, Jerry, Jeethu J., Rishal, Yousef
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5022397/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27652252
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0762.189762
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author Prabhusankar, K.
Karande, Amol
Jerry, Jeethu J.
Rishal, Yousef
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description Osteosarcoma is a very uncommon tumor of the maxillofacial region. Due to the occurrence of the tumor at a young age and its aggressive nature, radical surgery forms the only modality of treatment. A combination of radiotherapy and postoperative chemotherapy has been used for the management of this tumor. A case report of osteosarcoma of the posterior maxilla in an adolescent with a 1-year disease-free follow-up is presented in this report.
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spelling pubmed-50223972016-09-20 Osteosarcoma of the posterior maxilla Prabhusankar, K. Karande, Amol Jerry, Jeethu J. Rishal, Yousef J Int Soc Prev Community Dent Case Report Osteosarcoma is a very uncommon tumor of the maxillofacial region. Due to the occurrence of the tumor at a young age and its aggressive nature, radical surgery forms the only modality of treatment. A combination of radiotherapy and postoperative chemotherapy has been used for the management of this tumor. A case report of osteosarcoma of the posterior maxilla in an adolescent with a 1-year disease-free follow-up is presented in this report. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016-08 /pmc/articles/PMC5022397/ /pubmed/27652252 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0762.189762 Text en Copyright: © Journal of International Society of Preventive and Community Dentistry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Prabhusankar, K.
Karande, Amol
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title_fullStr Osteosarcoma of the posterior maxilla
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title_short Osteosarcoma of the posterior maxilla
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5022397/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27652252
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0762.189762
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