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. 2014 Nov;19(11):1208.
doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2014-0332.

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Lizz van der Heijden  1 , P D Sander Dijkstra  1 , Michiel A J van de Sande  1 , Judith R Kroep  2 , Remi A Nout  2 , Carla S P van Rijswijk  3 , Judith V M G Bovée  4 , Pancras C W Hogendoorn  4 , Hans Gelderblom  2
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Lizz van der Heijden et al. Oncologist. 2014 Nov.

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The authors respond to the observations and remarks of Cavanna et al. concerning the clinical guidance paper on giant cell tumor of bone (GCTB) in the era of denosumab and update the paper with respect to the European Medicines Agency’s recent positive opinion recommending denosumab for the treatment of adults and skeletally mature adolescents with GCTB that is unresectable or for which surgical resection is likely to result in severe morbidity

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  • The clinical approach toward giant cell tumor of bone.
    van der Heijden L, Dijkstra PD, van de Sande MA, Kroep JR, Nout RA, van Rijswijk CS, Bovée JV, Hogendoorn PC, Gelderblom H. van der Heijden L, et al. Oncologist. 2014 May;19(5):550-61. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2013-0432. Epub 2014 Apr 9. Oncologist. 2014. PMID: 24718514 Free PMC article. Review.
  • Giant cell tumor of bone.
    Cavanna L, Biasini C, Monfredo M, Maniscalco P, Mori M. Cavanna L, et al. Oncologist. 2014 Nov;19(11):1207. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2014-0267. Oncologist. 2014. PMID: 25378541 Free PMC article.

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