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Bone sarcomas: ESMO-EURACAN-GENTURIS-ERN PaedCan clinical practice guideline
The European guideline for bone sarcomas covers referral to specialist centres, biopsy, surgery, chemotherapy for osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma, and the surgery-based management of chondrosarcoma and chordoma including proton and carbon-ion radiotherapy.
Overview
Joint European guideline on the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of bone sarcomas in adults and children, with sections on osteosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, chondrosarcoma (including atypical cartilaginous tumour, dedifferentiated and mesenchymal subtypes), chordoma and giant cell tumour of bone.
GuidelineChanged practice
Authors
Strauss SJ, Frezza AM, Abecassis N, et al.
Published
Annals of Oncology, 2021
What it means
The chondrosarcoma page's recommendations for curettage of low-grade limb lesions, wide resection for higher grades and particle therapy for skull base tumours follow this guideline.
Caveats
- Evidence for chemotherapy in dedifferentiated and mesenchymal chondrosarcoma remains weak.