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Cancer in the Spine pp 279–284Cite as

Neoplastic Disease of the Spinal Cord and the Spinal Canal

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Spine tumors can be classified by their relation to the spinal canal and its coverings. Tumors can arise from the different tissue types around the spinal column, such as neural tissue, meningeal tissue, bone, and cartilage. Furthermore, distant primary tumors can metastasize to the spine by hematogenous or lymphatic routes. Both benign and malignant tumors may occur in either location and at any level of the spine.

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  1. The Cleveland Clinic Spine Institute, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

    Daniel Shedid MD & Edward C. Benzel MD

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Lerner College of Medicine and The Cleveland Clinic Spine Institute Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

    Robert F. McLain MD

  2. The Cleveland Clinic Spine Institute, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

    Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski MD  & Edward C. Benzel MD, FACS  & 

  3. University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

    Maurie Markman MD

  4. Taussig Cancer Center, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

    Ronald M. Bukowski MD

  5. Department of Radiation Oncology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

    Roger Macklis MD

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Shedid, D., Benzel, E.C. (2006). Neoplastic Disease of the Spinal Cord and the Spinal Canal. In: McLain, R.F., Lewandrowski, KU., Markman, M., Bukowski, R.M., Macklis, R., Benzel, E.C. (eds) Cancer in the Spine. Current Clinical Oncology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-971-4_33

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