Profile of Surgically-treated Metastatic Extremity Bone Tumours at a University Hospital in Hong Kong

Background/Purpose: Metastatic deposits in bones increase overall morbidity in cancer patients. The orthopaedic oncologist aims at controlling the skeletal morbidity as a way of reducing the overall morbidity in the survival period of the cancer patient. This study investigated the characteristics o...

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Main Authors: Edwin Maduakonam Dim, Ching Hin Raymond Yau, Wai Yip Kenneth Ho, Ying Lee Lam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-06-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Rehabilitation
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210491716300677