Institutional disparities in the treatment of bone metastases by orthopaedic surgeons at training facilities designated by the Japanese orthopaedic association–A nationwide survey
Overall, orthopaedic surgeons were not actively involved in bone metastasis treatment. Bone metastases were not operated on equally or actively. Various factors, including the burden to handle cancers of unknown primary, disturbed decision-making in bone metastasis treatment. Increasing awareness of the importance of Cancer Locomo management and aligning with in-hospital other departments or outside specialists in bone and soft tissue tumors may improve this situation.
Authors
- Takahiro Inui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4733-5281)
- Hideo Morioka
- Masahiro Hirahata
- Tatsuya Takagi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0044-0722)
- Jungo Imanishi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7127-8817)
- Kazuya Oshima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4618-9326)
- Takashi Ohe
- Yusuke Shinoda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5489-2751)
- Hirotaka Kawano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3156-5904)
- Yoshitada Sakai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0435-8398)
- Kozo Nakamura
- Satoru Iwase
- Naoshi Ogata
Institutions
- NTT Medical Center (JP)
- Juntendo University (JP)
- Towa Pharmaceutical (Japan) (JP)
- Tokyo Medical Center (JP)
- Saitama Medical University Hospital (JP)
- Osaka Hospital (JP)
- National Hospital Organization (JP)
- Kobe University (JP)
- Saitama Medical University (JP)
- Teikyo University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Orthopaedic Science
- Published
- 2025-05-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jos.2025.04.002
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Management of metastatic bone disease
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01