How to treat giant cell tumor of bone

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Giant cell tumor of bone is undoubtedly terrible. In 2008, my wife diagnosed it as giant cell tumor of bone. In 2009, it recurred again. In 2013, it recurred again. The doctor said that it was later and might be broken. Giant cell tumor of bone is one of the common primary bone tumors. Its incidence is relatively hidden, and its clinical manifestations are not very obvious. It is easy to be associated with other diseases clinically Confusion, with the continuous development of medical technology, there are more and more treatment methods for giant cell tumor of bone, and the treatment effect is also getting better and better. Here are the treatment methods for giant cell tumor of bone.

How to treat giant cell tumor of bone

First, the patients must know that the treatment of giant cell tumor of bone is mainly surgical resection, with curettage and inactivation, and implantation of autologous or allogeneic cancellous bone or bone cement. The recurrence rate of this disease is high. For the patients with recurrence, resection or segmental resection or prosthesis implantation should be performed. For g1-2t1-2m0, extensive or radical resection is recommended. This disease is not effective to chemotherapy. If the operation is difficult, such as spine, radiotherapy can be used, and sarcomatosis is easy to occur after radiotherapy.

Second, patients can try resection or amputation. If giant cell tumor of bone is malignant, with large range, soft tissue infiltration or postoperative recurrence, local resection or amputation should be considered according to the specific situation. In some cases, artificial joint or arthrodesis can be considered if the joint is not functional after tumor resection, such as femoral neck.

Third: patients can choose radiotherapy, giant cell tumor of bone in the operation is not easy to operate, or after resection of the function is too big, such as vertebral giant cell tumor of bone, can use radiotherapy, has a certain curative effect. Malignant transformation may occur in a few patients after radiotherapy. Patients who underwent surgery or radiotherapy should be followed up for a long time, and attention should be paid to local recurrence, malignant changes and lung metastasis.

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Patients must relax, not too nervous, must pay attention to personal hygiene, patients must actively cooperate with the doctor's treatment, usually try not to eat spicy food, can eat more fruit, hope you recover as soon as possible.