Multidisciplinary Approach of Musculoskeletal Metastasis: Current Trends and Future Directions - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3032094976 ISBN 13: 9783032094971

Publisher: Springer, 2026

Synopsis

Cancer care has changed dramatically with the development of new treatments. Overall survival, as well as disease free survival and progression free survival, has been changing in favor of prolonged times making surgical approaches different when musculoskeletal metastasis developed and allowing the development of new technologies as well.

This book brings together current evidence-based approaches to surgically treat musculoskeletal metastasis keeping in consideration a multidisciplinary approach. Chapters not only describe state-of-the-art surgical techniques and options to treat these patients, but also different scenarios of metastatic spread and how other specialties intervene to obtain the best oncological and functional outcomes in these patients.   

 This book will serve as a comprehensive guide for musculoskeletal oncology surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists and other healthcare professionals involved in the multidisciplinary management of musculoskeletal metastasis. The combination of practical principles, advanced technologies, and ethical considerations aims to provide a holistic approach to enhance patient care and outcomes.

About this title

About the Author

Juan A. Pretell, MD, FAAOS

Professor, Orthopedic Surgery

Florida International University

Program Director, Orthopedic Surgery Program

Baptist Health South Florida / Florida International University.

Chief of Musculoskeletal Oncology

Miami Cancer Institute

Baptist Health of South Florida.

Kendall, FL

Santiago Lozano-Calderon, MD, PhD, FAAOS, FAOA

Program Director Harvard Combined Musculoskeletal Oncology Fellowship

Musculoskeletal Oncology Service

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Massachusetts General Hospital

Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute Endowed Chair VII

Associate Professor in Orthopedic Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

From the Back Cover

Cancer care has changed dramatically with the development of new treatments. Overall survival, as well as disease free survival and progression free survival, has been changing in favor of prolonged times making surgical approaches different when musculoskeletal metastasis developed and allowing the development of new technologies as well.

This book brings together current evidence-based approaches to surgically treat musculoskeletal metastasis keeping in consideration a multidisciplinary approach. Chapters not only describe state-of-the-art surgical techniques and options to treat these patients, but also different scenarios of metastatic spread and how other specialties intervene to obtain the best oncological and functional outcomes in these patients.   

 This book will serve as a comprehensive guide for musculoskeletal oncology surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists and other healthcare professionals involved in the multidisciplinary management of musculoskeletal metastasis. The combination of practical principles, advanced technologies, and ethical considerations aims to provide a holistic approach to enhance patient care and outcomes.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3032094976
• ISBN 13: 9783032094971
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 748
• Editor: Pretell-Mazzini Juan, Lozano Calderón Santiago A.