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http://dx.doi.org/10.7314/APJCP.2015.16.3.1047

Pathological Investigation of Vertebral Tumor Metastasis from Unknown Primaries - a Systematic Analysis  

Zhang, Yan (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, YangPu Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University)
Cai, Feng (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, YangPu Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University)
Liu, Liang (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, YangPu Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University)
Liu, Xiao-Dong (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, YangPu Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University)
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Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention / v.16, no.3, 2015 , pp. 1047-1049 More about this Journal
Abstract
Background: This systematic analysis was conducted to investigate pathological diagnosis of vertebral tumor metastasis with unknown primaries. Methods: Clinical studies conducted to pathologically investigate vertebral tumor metastasis were identified using a predefined search strategy. Pooled diagnosis (PD) of each pathological confirmation was calculated. Results: For vertebral tumor metastasis, 5 clinical studies which included 762 patients were considered eligible for inclusion. Systematic analysis suggested that, for all patients with vertebral tumor metastasis, dominant PD was pathologically confirmed with lung cancer in 21.7% (165/762), with breast cancer in 26.6% (203/762) and with prostate cancer in 19.2% (146/762). Other diagnosis that could be confirmed included lymphoma, multiple myeloma, renal cancer, for example, in this cohort of patients. Conclusions: This systemic analysis suggested that breast, lung and prostate lesions could be the most common pathological types of cancer for vertebral tumor metastasis formunknown primaries, and other common diagnoses could include lymphoma, multiple myeloma, renal cancer.
Keywords
Pathological diagnosis; vertebral tumour metastasis;
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