title: Back pain in the elderly patient.
authors: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York.
authors: R K
authors: RK
authors: Portenoy
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D001943:Breast Neoplasms; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015663:Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries