Innovations in musculoskeletal oncologic surgery over the year 2000

It is clear that recent advances in related fields including modern imaging, medical chemotherapy, and advances in materials and bioengineering has enhanced the opportunity for limb sparing surgery. This technique should be considered as a surgical option for these patients, when not at the expense of sound oncological procedure. Significant improvements have been noted over the later part of the 20th Century, and in recent years, advances in molecular oncology have resulted in an explosion of knowledge of the biology of cancer which will result in continued progress in this challenging area.