Advances in Medical Imaging Applied to Bone Metastases

Abstract

To provide a comprehensive review on the presentation, work-up and the management of spine metastasis with or without epidural spinal cord compression with focus on the roles of surgery and radiotherapy. Emphasis has been laid on the technological advances with recent development of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) or radiosurgery (SRS) and minimally invasive surgical approaches like kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty.