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Modeling Primary Bone Tumors and Bone Metastasis with Solid Tumor Graft Implantation into Bone
Published on: September 9, 2020
Skeletal Metastasis
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of South Carolina School of Medicine - Greenville, Health Sciences Administration Buliding, 701 Grove Road, Greenville, SC 29605, USA; Pathology Consultants of Greenville, 8 Memorial Medical Court, Greenville, SC 29605-4449, USA.
Abstract:
The most commonly diagnosed tumor in the skeleton represents metastatic disease. Metastatic carcinoma should be the first consideration in older patients with atypical radiologic findings or clinical features suggestive of a bone lesion. The primary goal in the setting of skeletal metastasis is usually palliation.
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