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Chemotherapy for osteosarcoma - where does it come from? What is it? Where is it going? 2013

Norio Yamamoto, and Hiroyuki Tsuchiya
Kanazawa University, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery , 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-8641 , Japan +81762652374 ; +81762344261 ; tsuchi@med.kanazawa-u.ac.jp.

BACKGROUND Although chemotherapy is currently indispensable for the treatment of osteosarcoma, chemotherapy for this rare cancer has not been developed based on multicentre randomised prospective trials with many subjects. The therapeutic outcomes of chemotherapy have been improved in large part through the efforts and innovation of physicians who treated patients with osteosarcoma and conducted detailed examinations of a small number of subjects. It is important to understand how chemotherapy for osteosarcoma has changed to achieve further development. METHODS This article discusses the changes in chemotherapy for osteosarcoma, including adjuvant and neoadjuvant chemotherapy, and focuses on four key anticancer drugs: methotrexate, adriamycin, cisplatin, and ifosfamide. This article also discusses the problems of research on osteosarcoma treatment, from the perspective of osteosarcoma as a rare disease, and the challenges to be addressed. CONCLUSIONS Approximately 30 years have passed since the key anticancer drugs were introduced. The development of new therapeutic drugs for osteosarcoma has stagnated. Given that osteosarcoma is a rare cancer, it would be difficult to expect that drug development will be led by pharmaceutical companies. Thus, it is very important to create a system for more efficient drug development based on innovations from various academic and medical institutions.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D001859 Bone Neoplasms Tumors or cancer located in bone tissue or specific BONES. Bone Cancer,Cancer of Bone,Cancer of the Bone,Neoplasms, Bone,Bone Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Bone
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000970 Antineoplastic Agents Substances that inhibit or prevent the proliferation of NEOPLASMS. Anticancer Agent,Antineoplastic,Antineoplastic Agent,Antineoplastic Drug,Antitumor Agent,Antitumor Drug,Cancer Chemotherapy Agent,Cancer Chemotherapy Drug,Anticancer Agents,Antineoplastic Drugs,Antineoplastics,Antitumor Agents,Antitumor Drugs,Cancer Chemotherapy Agents,Cancer Chemotherapy Drugs,Chemotherapeutic Anticancer Agents,Chemotherapeutic Anticancer Drug,Agent, Anticancer,Agent, Antineoplastic,Agent, Antitumor,Agent, Cancer Chemotherapy,Agents, Anticancer,Agents, Antineoplastic,Agents, Antitumor,Agents, Cancer Chemotherapy,Agents, Chemotherapeutic Anticancer,Chemotherapy Agent, Cancer,Chemotherapy Agents, Cancer,Chemotherapy Drug, Cancer,Chemotherapy Drugs, Cancer,Drug, Antineoplastic,Drug, Antitumor,Drug, Cancer Chemotherapy,Drug, Chemotherapeutic Anticancer,Drugs, Antineoplastic,Drugs, Antitumor,Drugs, Cancer Chemotherapy
D012516 Osteosarcoma A sarcoma originating in bone-forming cells, affecting the ends of long bones. It is the most common and most malignant of sarcomas of the bones, and occurs chiefly among 10- to 25-year-old youths. (From Stedman, 25th ed) Sarcoma, Osteogenic,Osteogenic Sarcoma,Osteosarcoma Tumor,Osteogenic Sarcomas,Osteosarcoma Tumors,Osteosarcomas,Sarcomas, Osteogenic,Tumor, Osteosarcoma,Tumors, Osteosarcoma
D015316 Genetic Therapy Techniques and strategies which include the use of coding sequences and other conventional or radical means to transform or modify cells for the purpose of treating or reversing disease conditions. Gene Therapy,Somatic Gene Therapy,DNA Therapy,Gene Therapy, Somatic,Genetic Therapy, Gametic,Genetic Therapy, Somatic,Therapy, DNA,Therapy, Gene,Therapy, Somatic Gene,Gametic Genetic Therapies,Gametic Genetic Therapy,Genetic Therapies,Genetic Therapies, Gametic,Genetic Therapies, Somatic,Somatic Genetic Therapies,Somatic Genetic Therapy,Therapies, Gametic Genetic,Therapies, Genetic,Therapies, Somatic Genetic,Therapy, Gametic Genetic,Therapy, Genetic,Therapy, Somatic Genetic
D058990 Molecular Targeted Therapy Treatments with drugs which interact with or block synthesis of specific cellular components characteristic of the individual's disease in order to stop or interrupt the specific biochemical dysfunction involved in progression of the disease. Targeted Molecular Therapy,Molecular Targeted Therapies,Molecular Therapy, Targeted,Targeted Molecular Therapies,Targeted Therapy, Molecular,Therapy, Molecular Targeted,Therapy, Targeted Molecular
D020360 Neoadjuvant Therapy Preliminary cancer therapy (chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormone/endocrine therapy, IMMUNOTHERAPY, HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED etc.) that is given before the main therapy. Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation,Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation Therapy,Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation Treatment,Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy,Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy,Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Treatment,Neoadjuvant Radiation,Neoadjuvant Radiation Therapy,Neoadjuvant Radiation Treatment,Neoadjuvant Radiotherapy,Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy,Neoadjuvant Systemic Treatment,Neoadjuvant Treatment,Chemoradiation Therapy, Neoadjuvant,Chemoradiation Treatment, Neoadjuvant,Chemoradiation, Neoadjuvant,Chemoradiotherapy, Neoadjuvant,Chemotherapy Treatment, Neoadjuvant,Chemotherapy, Neoadjuvant,Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation Therapies,Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation Treatments,Neoadjuvant Chemoradiations,Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapies,Neoadjuvant Chemotherapies,Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Treatments,Neoadjuvant Radiation Therapies,Neoadjuvant Radiation Treatments,Neoadjuvant Radiations,Neoadjuvant Radiotherapies,Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapies,Neoadjuvant Systemic Treatments,Neoadjuvant Therapies,Neoadjuvant Treatments,Radiation Therapy, Neoadjuvant,Radiation Treatment, Neoadjuvant,Radiation, Neoadjuvant,Radiotherapy, Neoadjuvant,Systemic Therapy, Neoadjuvant,Systemic Treatment, Neoadjuvant,Therapy, Neoadjuvant,Therapy, Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation,Therapy, Neoadjuvant Radiation,Therapy, Neoadjuvant Systemic,Treatment, Neoadjuvant,Treatment, Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation,Treatment, Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy,Treatment, Neoadjuvant Radiation,Treatment, Neoadjuvant Systemic

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