Staging of bone tumors: a review with illustrative examples.
OBJECTIVE
The radiologist plays an important role in the workup and staging of bone tumors. The purpose of this article is to review that role and to discuss recent changes to the primary malignant bone tumor staging system developed by the American Joint Committee on Cancer.


CONCLUSIONS
Knowledge of staging parameters for the diagnosis and management of bone tumors will help the radiologist to generate meaningful reports for the referring physician.
Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Ave., MC2026, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Gregory S
GS
Stacy
Ravinder S
RS
Mahal
Terrance D
TD
Peabody
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging