title: Skeletal Metastasis.
abstract: The most commonly diagnosed tumor in the skeleton represents metastatic disease. Metastatic carcinoma should be the first consideration in older patients with atypical radiologic findings or clinical features suggestive of a bone lesion. The primary goal in the setting of skeletal metastasis is usually palliation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of South Carolina School of Medicine - Greenville, Health Sciences Administration Buliding, 701 Grove Road, Greenville, SC 29605, USA; Pathology Consultants of Greenville, 8 Memorial Medical Court, Greenville, SC 29605-4449, USA.
authors.forename: Andrea T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Deyrup