Imaging in skeletal paediatric oncology.
The prognosis for the child presenting with a bone sarcoma has improved dramatically with the introduction of adjuvent chemotherapy. As a result the majority of patients can now expect to undergo limb salvage surgery. The role of imaging in the management of the child presenting with a suspected sarcoma is presented. This commences with tumour detection, through diagnosis and surgical staging, re-staging with assessment of response to chemotherapy and follow-up surveillance for the development of local recurrence and/or metastases. The importance of the multidisciplinary approach to the management of bone sarcomas is emphasised.
Davies
A M
AM
MRI Centre, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham B31 2AP, UK.
D001706:Biopsy; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012307:Risk Factors; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy