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Blastic Metastatic Lesions


1. Frassica FJ, Frassica DA, Lietman SA, et al: Metastatic Bone Disease. In Chapman MW: Chapman’s Orthopaedic Surgery. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.  2006, 3469-82.

2. Heck RK: Malignant Tumors of Bone. In Canale ST: Campbell’s Operative Orthopaedics, 11th ed. St. Louis: Mosby. 2007. Chapter 22.

3. Randall RL, Hoang BH: Musculoskeltal Oncology. In Skinner HB: CURRENT Diagnosis and Treatment in Orthopedics, 4th ed. Columbus: McGraw-Hill. 2006. Chapter 6.

4. Roodman GD. Mechanisms of Bone Metastasis. New England Journal of Medicine 2004; 350: 1655-1664.

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