AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO THE EVALUATION OF OSSEOUS TUMORS

Modern treatment techniques for musculoskeletal neoplasms require sign ificant imaging information to determine the nature and extent of tumo rs. The imaging investigation should be selected according to the info rmation needed. Conventional radiographic techniques remain of fundame ntal importance in the analysis of bone tumors and tumor-like lesions, whereas advance imaging techniques such as CT and MR imaging can prov ide information regarding the extent of lesions.