Colleen M. Costelloe MD Archives

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Introduction Bone metastases are common in patients with advanced malignancies. Autopsy series have shown an incidence of bone metastases of approximately 70% in breast and prostate cancer and 35% in lung cancer. Osseous metastases can profoundly influence quality of life…

Clinical Considerations and Imaging of Bone Tumors

Introduction Bone lesions lend themselves to radiographic assessment because of the fact that bone has a built-in contrast agent, the calcium hydroxyapatite crystal. Much information about bone destruction, bone production, matrix calcification and ossification, and the reactive response of the…

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Clinical Considerations and Imaging of Bone Tumors