title: MR imaging in staging of bone tumors.
abstract: For staging of bone tumors, TNM and Enneking's systems are used with some differences. Magnetic resonance imaging is particularly useful for defining the extent of high-grade tumors, including transcortical and intertrabecular infiltration and periosteal extension. The concepts of compartment and curative surgical margins are important for bone tumor staging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Morioka 020-8505, Japan. ehara@iwate-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ehara
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging