Metastatic bone disease: The requirement for improvement in a multidisciplinary approach

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 493-496

  Cumming, D ^a,b   Cumming, J ^a   Vince, A ^a   Benson, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR; HUMAN; LONG BONE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BONE DISEASES; BONE NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM STAGING; ORTHOPEDICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 64249117545     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-008-0556-5     Document Type: Article

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