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Clinical Profile of Patients with Metastatic Carcinoma to the Bone

Mukesh Kumar Rulaniya*, Sandeep Kumar Jasuja, Sajna Choudhary, Aashish Dayma, Himanshu Batra, Deepak Saknani

It is difficult to find out primary site of origin in patients of bone metastasis. Skeletal metastasis is a common metastatic site in several cancers. Making a diagnosis of primary site is most crucial step in bone metastasis. Up to 30% of patients present with bone metastases of unknown origin, where the site of the primary neoplasm cannot be identified at the time of diagnosis despite a thorough history, physical examination, appropriate laboratory testing and modern imaging technology (CT, MRI, and PET). Sometimes only extensive histopathological investigations on bone specimens from biopsy can suggest the primary malignancy. This retrospect study analyses primary site in patients with bone metastasis.