Bone metastasis is a major cause of morbidity in persons with cancer. Complications include
pain, impaired mobility, pathological fracture, spinal cord compression, cranial nerve …

Moderate to severe pain occurs in many cancer patients during their clinical course and may
stem from the primary pathology, metastasis, or as treatment side effects. Uncontrolled pain …

Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty are minimally invasive techniques applied for the treatment
of vertebral fractures. Since not all vertebral compression fractures are the same, a tailored …

Purpose Metastatic spinal cord compression (MSCC) can be a catastrophic manifestation of
advanced cancer that causes immobilizing pain and significant neurologic impairment …

Importance Rising cancer incidence combined with improvements in systemic and local
therapies extending life expectancy are translating into more patients with spinal …

Management of cancer pain is challenging. Despite the poor evidence, opioid therapy still
remains the cornerstone for the management of cancer-related pain. Opioids should be …

Spinal metastases are an increasing societal health burden secondary to improvements in
systemic therapy. Estimates indicate that 100,000 or more people have symptomatic spine …

Multiple myeloma (MM) represents approximately 15% of haematological malignancies and
most of the patients present with bone involvement. Focal or diffuse spinal osteolysis may …

Importance Vertebral compression fracture (VCF) is a potential adverse effect following
treatment with stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for spinal metastases. Objective …

Interventional Radiology (IR) has experienced an exponential growth in recent years.
Technological advances of the last decades have made it possible to use new treatments on …