Immunotherapy for Osteosarcoma
PBF status* Number Negative Low High Bone tumors Osteosarcoma Primary lesion 83 7 27 49 Lung metastatic lesion 8 1 2 5 Chondrosarcoma 5 2 0 3 Malignant…
Prognostic Factors for Osteosarcoma Patients
Factors Clinical factors Metastatic disease at presentation Patients who have metastases at the time of presentation indicative of a poor prognosis Tumor necrosis after chemotherapy Good response to chemotherapy (>90 %…
Ablation and Cementation Technologies
Fig. 18.1 66-year-old male with L1 compression fracture. (a) Sagittal CT and (b) sagittal STIR MRI demonstrating compression deformity with high T2 signal in L1 compatible with bone edema and…
Metastatic Bone Disease: Humerus and Scapula
Fig. 27.1 Panels a–c: 65-year-old male patient with a metastatic adenocarcinoma lesion and associated pathologic fracture of the humeral diaphysis managed non-operatively. Images of the fracture at presentation (a), 6…
Metastatic Bone Disease: Spine
Histology Percentage of all histologies in patients with spine metastases By histology, percentage of patients with vertebral metastases on bone scintigraphy Breast 26 60 Lung 12 43 Prostate 8 60…
Metastatic Bone Disease: Foot
Fig. 26.1 Sixty-eight year-old female with history of endometrial carcinoma. Lateral radiograph of the right foot demonstrating and aggressive appearing lytic lesion involving the body of the calcaneus Fig. 26.2…
Role of Surgery in Oligometastatic Disease
Primary Patients Solitary (%) Solitary survival (months) Multiple survival (months) En Bloc resection (%) En Bloc survival (months) Other surg. survival (months) Breast 307 10.4 35a 12 3.9 17 13…
Evaluation of the Patient with Carcinoma of Unknown Origin Metastatic to Bone
Fig. 10.1 This an anteroposterior radiograph of a 57-year-old male with a prior history of renal carcinoma and new right hip pain. He had no prior history of metastatic disease….
Metastatic Bone Disease: Pelvis
Pelvic resection classification system Type I Ilium Type II Periacetabular Type III Pubis Type IV Ilium Resections including the femoral head H1 Femoral head H2 Peritrochanteric area H3 Subtrochanteric area…
Intraoperative Imaging and Navigation
Fig. 30.1 (a–b) Axial T2 and coronal STIR magnetic resonance images of a large pelvic chondrosarcoma, displaying its difficult anatomic location that poses challenge to resection. Note the proximity to…
