title: Malignant bone tumours, experience at King Fahd University Hospital Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia.
abstract: Reports show striking regional and ethnic variations in the incidence and pattern of certain malignancies in the Middle East. In view of this, a study of 19 cases of malignant tumours of the bone seen at King Fahd University Hospital during the period 1981-1983 was carried out. Of these eight were primary and eleven secondary tumours. Lymphoma and Ewing's sarcoma formed 50% of the primary tumours. Breast and lungs were the chief sources of secondary deposits in the bone.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D012529:Saudi Arabia