Challenges in the Diagnosis of bone Metastasis in Patients without a History of Malignancy at Their First Clinic Visit.

CONCLUSIONS: Diagnosis of bone metastasis is challenging in patients without a history of malignancy at their first visit. For early diagnosis, it is important to recognize this challenge and to keep it in mind together with ongoing observation.
PMID: 30464144 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Journal of Nippon Medical School - November 24, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Kitagawa Y, Ito T, Mizuno Y, Sudo Y, Kim Y, Tsunoda R, Miyamoto M, Takai S Tags: J Nippon Med Sch Source Type: research