Chondrosarcoma Treatment

The most effective Chondrosarcoma treatment is surgical resection. Specific conditions were considered by the local large segmental resection or amputation. Chondrosarcoma of the majority of surgery should be sought to complete local excision of recurrent primary malignant or high degree of rapid development of the case before making the break from amputation or disarticulation, for low, moderate and severe malignant cartilage sarcoma 5-year survival rate of 78 percent, respectively 53% and 22%.

Other treatment for Chondrosarcoma include radiation therapy. Chondrosarcoma radiotherapy still have a certain sensitivity. In the use of radiation therapy at the same time, if sensitizer injection can improve the cure rate of chondrosarcoma. Surgery to be complete, otherwise easy to relapse. Relapse chondrosarcoma is more aggressive.