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1: J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 2000 Sep;126(9):497-502.Click here to read Links

Familial occurrence of osteosarcoma. A case report and review of the literature.

Hillmann A, Ozaki T, Winkelmann W.

Department of Orthopedics, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany. hillmaa@uni-muenster.de

We treated two cases of osteosarcoma in siblings. After intensive chemotherapy and surgery, both patients are alive after 9 and 4 years without any signs of disease. We report the course of disease in these patients in detail and review the literature on 59 patients with familial osteosarcomas.

PMID: 11003561 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]