The Scandinavian Sarcoma Group skeletal metastasis register -: Survival after surgery for bone metastases in the pelvis and extremities
The Scandinavian Sarcoma Group skeletal metastasis register -: Survival after surgery for bone metastases in the pelvis and extremities
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10.1080/00016470410001708270
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发表时间:
2004-04-01
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Wedin, R
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作者:
Hansen, BH;Keller, J;Wedin, R
During recent years, more attention has been directed towards improving palliative care for cancer patients with skeletal metastases. The aim of surgical treatment is to remove pain and maintain function for improved quality of life. Current operative treatment recommendations are mainly based on retrospective studies of single institutions (Yazawa et al. 1990, Bono et al. 1991, Yamashita et al. 1993, Smith et al. 1997, Dürr et al. 1998 and 2002, Wedin et al. 1999), but these patient series are often small and collected during a long period of time. Most studies deal with either bone metastasis in the spine or bone metastasis in the extremities due to differences in morbidity and treatment. SSG has since 1986 maintained a sarcoma register and in 1999 the Skeletal Metastasis Register was started with prospective registration of patients operated for skeletal metastases in the long bones and pelvis. In this first report we analyse possible prognostic factors affecting survival in a group of patients surgically treated in 9 SSG centres (Table 1).