Prognostic Significance of Serum Lactate Dehydrogenase in Osteosarcoma of the Extremity: Experience at Rizzoli on 1421 Patients Treated over the Last 30 Years

Abstract

Serum LDH has a prognostic value and it should be considered in evaluating the results of therapeutic trials of chemotherapy, as well as defining a category of patients at high-risk of relapse to be treated with a more aggressive regimen.