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Epidemiology and demographics for primary vertebral tumors.

Chi JH, Bydon A, Hsieh P, Witham T, Wolinsky JP, Gokaslan ZL

Department of Neurological Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Meyer 7-109, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. jchi529@yahoo.com

The vertebral column is the most common osseous site for secondary malignancy. Conversely, primary tumors of the vertebral column are relatively rare, comprising only 10% or less of all tumors to the spine. This article outlines benign and malignant tumors of the spine in children and adults.

Published 24 December 2007 in Neurosurg Clin N Am, 19(1): 1-4.
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