TABLE 1.
Tasks and division of labor of multidisciplinary medical team for limb‐salvage treatment of osteosarcoma
Medical team | Diagnosis and staging | Preoperative treatment plan | New adjuvant therapy | Operation | Sample evaluation | Postoperative treatment | Adjuvant therapy | Monitoring and follow‐up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oncologist | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ‐ | √ |
Image doctor | √ | √ | ‐ | ‐ | √ | ‐ | ‐ | √ |
Pathologist | √ | √ | ‐ | ‐ | √ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |
Medical Oncologist | ‐ | √ | √ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | √ | √ |
Interventional or radiotherapy doctor | √ | √ | √ | √ | ‐ | √ | √ | √ |
Professionals in specific fields | ‐ | √ | ‐ | √ | ‐ | √ | √ | √ |
Note: Diagnosis stage: imaging evaluation, biopsy; Preoperative diagnosis and treatment plan: edge design, preoperative embolization, image fusion, three‐dimensional (3D) printing, prosthesis; Neoadjuvant chemotherapy treatment: preoperative chemotherapy, radiotherapy; Operation: primary tumor resection, bone and joint function reconstruction, vascular embolism, metastasis resection, skin coverage, vascular reconstruction; Sample evaluation: surgical edge tumor necrosis rate; Postoperative treatment: thrombus prevention and treatment, perioperative rehabilitation; Adjuvant treatment: chemotherapy, radiotherapy, psychotherapy; Monitoring and follow‐up: tumor control, postoperative rehabilitation, routine monitoring, data processing; Professionals in specific fields: image fusion, 3D printing, prosthesis design, psychotherapy, postoperative rehabilitation, related surgery.