Diagnostic algorithm, prognostic factors and surgical treatment of metastatic cancer diseases of the long bones and spine

[摘要] Cancer is the second most frequent cause of death. According to the data of the Scandinavian Skeletal Metastasis Registry,1 the incidence of cancer has increased by 18% during the last decade, but due to improved treatment, cancer mortality rates have remained nearly constant (+2%).

[学科分类] 神经科学

[关键词] bone metastases;prognostic factors;diagnostic algorithm;surgery;long bones;spine