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ReviewMedical oncology (Northwood, London, England)2025

From conventional to cutting edge: an exploration of osteosarcoma treatments.

Garen S Sellers, McKade A Poirier, Trenton G Mayberry, Braydon C Cowan, Mark R Wakefield, Yujiang Fang

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Review in Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. The synergistic role of ferroptosis in osteosarcoma immunotherapy.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2025
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  9. NFATC3 enhances osteosarcoma progression by increasing PD-L1 and CXCL2 levels.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Garen S SellersDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology & Pathology, Des Moines University, West Des Moines, IA, 50266, USA.
McKade A PoirierDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology & Pathology, Des Moines University, West Des Moines, IA, 50266, USA.
Trenton G MayberryDepartment of Surgery, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO, 65212, USA.
Braydon C CowanDepartment of Surgery, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO, 65212, USA.
Mark R WakefieldDepartment of Surgery, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO, 65212, USA.
Yujiang FangDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology & Pathology, Des Moines University, West Des Moines, IA, 50266, USA. yujiang.fang@dmu.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteosarcoma is a highly aggressive cancer in children and young adults that has a remarkably high mortality rate upon metastasis. Current standard treatments have remained largely unchanged for nearly five decades, focusing on a combination of chemotherapy with high-dose methotrexate, doxorubicin, and cisplatin, complemented by aggressive surgical resections. Despite this lack of change, recent advancements in medical research have spurred hope for more effective and less invasive approaches to managing osteosarcoma. In this review, we provide an overview of existing therapeutic modalities, including chemotherapy regimens tailored to tumor stage and patient response, radiation therapies aimed at local tumor control, and advanced surgical techniques such as limb-sparing procedures. Additionally, we explore two promising future treatments that are currently under investigation for osteosarcoma cases: targeted therapies utilizing nanomaterials like graphene oxide and innovative oncolytic viruses. This review highlights potential breakthroughs in treatment options while identifying areas that warrant further investigation in the management of osteosarcoma. Considering the limited advancements in treatment over the past decades, identifying and highlighting novel and effective therapies is vital for improving patient outcomes and survival rates.

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Bone NeoplasmsOsteosarcomaCombined Modality TherapyHumansOncolytic VirotherapyCancer immunotherapyOncolytic virusesOsteosarcomaTrastuzumab

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