Tag: cancer
Brachytherapy cement could be used to treat spinal tumours
Study results presented at the 2021 annual meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society (12–16 February, virtual) report that a radioactive bone cement could provide...
World-first implantation of 3D-printed vertebrae takes place in Australia
Ralph Mobbs, a neurosurgeon from the Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia, has replaced two cancerous vertebrae with 3D-printed implants, according to a report...
Danish study finds five-times higher incidence of cancer in adolescent idiopathic...
In a study of the incidence of cancer in a cohort of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients treated 25 years previously, investigators have found...