Recent Advances in Diagnosis, Treatment and Prognosis of Giant Cell Tumor of the Bone
A special issue of Current Oncology (ISSN 1718-7729).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2024 | Viewed by 1307
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Giant cell tumor (GCT) of the bone is a locally aggressive and rarely metastasizing primary bone tumor.
The controversial treatment is decided by the balance between an adequate surgical margin and sufficient adjacent joint function.
Curettage with a high-speed burr and local adjuvants is the most indicated treatment for active lesions, but with a high local recurrence rate. Conversely, en bloc resection for aggressive lesions have lower local recurrence rates, but increased morbidity and possible functional impairment.
Denosumab—a monoclonal antibody that inhibits RANKL—is considered to be a new option for the treatment of locally advanced GCT. Even though denosumab downstages the GCT, concerns have been raised for the reactivation of the disease after termination of the treatment. Moreover, there are still concerns regarding the most appropriate surgery and for requirement of bone resections despite the use of denosumab.
We would like to invite physicians and researchers involved in this field to contribute observations and results to this Special Issue.
Dr. Laura Campanacci
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- giant cell tumor of the bone
- curettage
- resection
- denosumab
- biomarkers
