Treatment of Metastatic Bone Disease

Autor: Martin Malawer
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Musculoskeletal Cancer Surgery ISBN: 0792363949
DOI: 10.1007/0-306-48407-2_11
Popis: Few skeletal metastases require surgical intervention. Radiotherapy, chemotherapy or both often provide symptomatic relief. An impending or actual pathologic fracture requires operative fixation because fractures through a tumor-bearing bone rarely heal without such intervention.
Databáze: OpenAIRE