title: Tumours of the hand.
abstract: Hand tumours of soft-tissue and bony origin are frequently encountered, and clinicians must be able to distinguish typical benign entities from life-threatening or limb-threatening malignant diseases. In this Review, we present a diagnostic approach to hand tumours and describe selected cancers and their treatments. Soft-tissue tumours include ganglion cysts, giant-cell cancers and fibromas of the tendon sheath, epidermal inclusion cysts, lipomas, vascular lesions, peripheral-nerve tumours, skin cancers, and soft-tissue sarcomas. Bony tumours encompass enchondromas, aneurysmal bone cysts, osteoid osteomas, giant-cell lesions of bone, bone sarcomas, and metastases. We look at rates of recurrence and 5-year survival, and recommendations for adjunct chemotherapy and radiotherapy for malignant lesions.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA.
authors.forename: Charles S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Vincent R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Hentz
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yao
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy