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Bone Metastases from Carcinomas

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Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors

Abstract

By M. to the skeleton, we usually mean M. due to carcinomas. M. from sarcomas, including sarcomas of bone, are rare and terminal, and thus of little clinical interest. M. from carcinoma, instead, are of considerable clinical importance, not only because of their frequency, but also because they often constitute a problem in diagnosis (when they are manifested prior to the primary tumor) and often constitute a therapeutic problem.

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  1. Pathological Anatomy and Histology and Clinical Orthopaedics, University of Bologna, Italy

    Mario Campanacci M. D. (Orthopaedic Surgeon, Professor, Director)

  2. 1st Orthopaedic Clinic, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy

    Mario Campanacci M. D. (Orthopaedic Surgeon, Professor, Director)

  3. Graduate School of Orthopaedics, USA

    Mario Campanacci M. D. (Orthopaedic Surgeon, Professor, Director)

  4. Tumor Centre, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy

    Mario Campanacci M. D. (Orthopaedic Surgeon, Professor, Director)

  5. Department of Pathological Anatomy, M. Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy

    Franco Bertoni M. D. (Chief-of-Staff, Pathological Anatomy Consultant) & Patrizia Bacchini M. D. (Attending-Staff)

  6. Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy

    Franco Bertoni M. D. (Chief-of-Staff, Pathological Anatomy Consultant)

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Campanacci, M., Bertoni, F., Bacchini, P. (1990). Bone Metastases from Carcinomas. In: Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-29279-2_48

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