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Physical Examination

Signs of Pathology and the Spine Examination

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Cancer in the Spine

Part of the book series: Current Clinical Oncology ((CCO))

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Abstract

Each year, 1.3 million new cancers are diagnosed in the United States (2). Carcinomas of the lung, breast, prostate, and kidney are the most common (3–5). More than 70% of these patients will develop skeletal metastases, most commonly in the spine (6). Primary malignancies of the spine are not rare, but in adults, the vast majority of spine lesions represent lymphatic or hematogenous metastasis (7).

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  1. William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan

    Eeric Truumees MD

  2. Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

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  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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Truumees, E. (2006). Physical Examination. 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_8

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