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Metastatic Bone Disease

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Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors

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The vast majority of metastases to bones are due to visceral carcinomas. Any malignant tumor, however, can metastasize to the skeleton, namely sarcomas (of bone, soft tissue, or viscera), melanomas, and neuroblastomas.

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  1. University of Bologna, Italy

    Mario Campanacci M.D. (Orthopaedic Surgeon, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Pathology, Director of the 1st Orthopaedic Clinic, Director of the Graduate School of Orthopaedics, Director of the Tumor Centre)

  2. Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy

    Mario Campanacci M.D. (Orthopaedic Surgeon, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Pathology, Director of the 1st Orthopaedic Clinic, Director of the Graduate School of Orthopaedics, Director of the Tumor Centre)

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Campanacci, M. (1999). Metastatic Bone Disease. In: Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-3846-5_49

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