title: Introduction to Focus Issue II in Spine Oncology: Evidence-based Medicine Recommendations for Spine Oncology.
authors.affiliation: Division of Spine, Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia and Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Charles G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Surgery, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Laurence D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Rhines
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Chetan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bettegowda
authors.affiliation: Research Department, AOSpine International, Davos, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Niccole M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Germscheid
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Ilya
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Laufer
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dea
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Mark H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Bilsky
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jorrit-Jan
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Verlaan
authors.affiliation: Oxford Spinal Unit, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Jeremy J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Reynolds
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Daniel M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Sciubba
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.affiliation: Division of Spine, Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia and Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Tamir
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ailon
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Yoshiya J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.affiliation: National Center for Spinal Disorders, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Peter Pal
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Varga
authors.affiliation: Department of Degenerative and Oncological Spine Surgery, Rizzoli Institute, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boriani
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Rhode Island Hospital, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI.
authors.forename: Ziya L
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Gokaslan
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Arjun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sahgal
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013131:Spine / Q000473:pathology*