title: The role of imaging in the staging and treatment planning of primary malignant bone tumors in children.
abstract: The accurate staging of primary bone tumors in children is critical for treatment planning. Limb salvage operations can now be performed with excellent outcomes in suitable patients. The purpose of this article is to review the current state of imaging techniques and their roles in enabling accurate staging and treatment planning to be performed in pediatric patients with primary bone tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, 100 Bukit Timah Road, 229899 Singapore. eteo@kkh.com.sg
authors.forename: Harvey E L
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Teo
authors.forename: Wilfred C G
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Peh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed