Surgery?
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Treatment for chondroblastoma:
Specific treatment for chondroblastoma will be determined by your physician base on: your age, overall health, and medical history extent of the disease your tolerance of specific medication, procedures, or therapies expectations for the course of the disease your judgment or preference.
The dream for treatment of chondroblastoma is to remove the tumor and prevent damage to the extremity of the affected bone.
Treatment may include:
surgical removal of the tumor
bone graft - a surgical procedure in which natural bone is transplanted from another part of the patient's body into the artificial area, if required, to repair damaged bone.
physical treatment (to restore strength and function after surgery) The tumor may recur. For this reason, follow-up beside your physician is essential.~
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