Abstract
Osteosarcoma is the most frequent primary malignant bone tumor, and mostly affects adults in their 20s. The lung is the major site of metastasis in more than 90% of cases, and this is the cause of death in most patients with osteosarcoma [1–3].
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Uchida, A., Shinto, Y., Araki, N., Yoshikawa, H., Kato, T., Ono, K. (1992). Alteration of the Metastatic Pattern of Osteosarcoma Associated with Adjuvant Chemotherapy: An Analysis of 38 Autopsy Cases. In: Uchida, A., Ono, K. (eds) Recent Advances in Musculoskeletal Oncology. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68364-3_31
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