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Editorial
. 2023 Sep 23;15(19):4696.
doi: 10.3390/cancers15194696.

The Enigma of Atypical Cartilaginous Tumors: Surgery or Surveillance?

Andreas Leithner  1 , Maria Anna Smolle  1
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Editorial

The Enigma of Atypical Cartilaginous Tumors: Surgery or Surveillance?

Andreas Leithner et al. Cancers (Basel). .

Abstract

During the last 20 years, the treatment of atypical cartilaginous tumors (ACTs) of the long bones has undergone a dramatic change: while these formerly called chondrosarcomas G1 previously led to wide resections and big reconstructions with megaprostheses, today, the use curettage of the lesions and filling the defect e [...].

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