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Featured
Advanced Technology Improves Cervical Spine Surgery Outcomes
Surgeons in Massachusetts General Hospital's Neurosurgical Spine Service use a multidisciplinary approach to treat cervical spine deformities with complex surgeries using innovative technology including artificial intelligence.
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Featured
Finding New Approaches to Treat Desmoid Tumor Patients
Surgery for desmoid tumors is only about 50% effective. Multidisciplinary care may be more effective for helping patients find relief.
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Using MicroRNA Profiling to Guide Osteosarcoma Treatment
Research at Massachusetts General Hospital is using microRNA technology to identify osteosarcoma patients who may need early surgery to prevent pathological fracture.
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Soft-Tissue Sarcoma of the Hand Is Likely to Recur, Metastasize
More than 40 years of data reviewed by Massachusetts General Hospital researchers shows that soft-tissue sarcoma of the hand is associated with high rates of recurrence and metastasis.
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Review and Case Series: Angioleiomyoma in the Hand
Although rare in the hand, angioleiomyoma should be considered in patients who present with a painful, slowly growing mass in the hand.
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Novel Technique Reconstructs Lumbar Spine After Spondylectomy of Malignant Tumor
Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have devised a method—the addition of a femoral allograft sleeve—to strengthen the reconstruction of the lumbar spine after resection of a malignant tumor.
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Orthopaedic Oncology contributors
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Erik T. Newman, MD
Orthopaedic Oncology Surgeon, Department of Orthopaedics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Instructor in Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Local Treatment of Extremity Desmoid Tumors Does Not Improve Survival, Function -
John H. Shin, MD
Director, Spinal Deformity and Spine Oncology (Mass General Cancer Center), Spinal Reconstruction Surgery
Recent Article
Novel Technique Reconstructs Lumbar Spine After Spondylectomy of Malignant Tumor
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Joseph H. Schwab, MD
Chief, Orthopaedic Spine Surgery, Director, Spine Oncology & Co-Director, Stephen L. Harris Chordoma Center, Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Novel Technique Reconstructs Lumbar Spine After Spondylectomy of Malignant Tumor
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Kevin Andrew Raskin, MD
Acting Chief, Orthopaedic Oncology Service, Program Director, Musculoskeletal Oncology Fellowship Program, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Finding New Approaches to Treat Desmoid Tumor Patients
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Santiago A. Lozano-Calderon, MD, PhD
Orthopaedic Oncology Surgeon, Instructor in Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Using MicroRNA Profiling to Guide Osteosarcoma Treatment
Orthopaedic Oncology Service at Mass General
As members of the Cancer Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, the Orthopaedic Oncology team provides compassionate care to children, adolescents and adults with primary bone and soft tissue tumors (benign and malignant) and metastatic.
