Author(s)

Rui Jiang, Ziyan Zhang, Han Wu, And Chao Zhang

Corresponding Author

Rui Jiang

ABSTRACT

Metastatic bone tumors is a primary malignant tumor which is primary outside the bone. It belongs to a secondary malignant tumor spreading to the skeletal system through blood and lymphatic system. It is mostly discovered in elderly patients over the age of 40. The most metastatic tumors include prostate cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, thyroid cancer, kidney cancer, etc. Presence or absence of bone metastatic tumor has very important sense to tumor staging, formulation of the best treatment plan, etc. Therefore, early detection as well as timely and effective treatment can obviously improve the patient's life quality of life, and increase the survival rate. Imaging examination is the most commonly used method for clinical diagnosis of bone metastatic tumor at present. The examination methods mainly include X-ray, CT, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), radionuclide imaging, etc.

KEYWORDS

Metastatic Bone Tumor, Imaging Examination, Diagnosis And Treatment, X-Ray, Ct, Mri And Radionuclide Imaging