Multidisciplinary Management of Spinal Metastases: What the Radiologist Needs To Know

Authors

Sarah M Bahouth
Debra N Yeboa
Amol J Ghia
Claudio E Tatsui
Christopher A Alvarez-Breckenridge
Thomas H Beckham
Andrew J Bishio
Jing Li
Mary Frances McAleer
Robert Y North
Laurence D Rhines
Todd A Swanson
Wang Chenyang
Behrang Amini

Publication Date

9-1-2022

Journal

The British Journal of Radiology

Abstract

The modern management of spinal metastases requires a multidisciplinary approach that includes radiation oncologists, surgeons, medical oncologists, and diagnostic and interventional radiologists. The diagnostic radiologist can play an important role in the multidisciplinary team and help guide assessment of disease and selection of appropriate therapy. The assessment of spine metastases is best performed on MRI, but imaging from other modalities is often needed. We provide a review of the clinical and imaging features that are needed by the multidisciplinary team caring for patients with spine metastases and stress the importance of the spine radiologist taking responsibility for synthesizing imaging features across multiple modalities to provide a report that advances patient care.

Keywords

Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Oncologists, Radiologists, Spinal Neoplasms, Spine

DOI

10.1259/bjr.20220266

PMID

35856792

PMCID

PMC9815745

PubMedCentral® Posted Date

8-5-2022

PubMedCentral® Full Text Version

Post-print

Published Open-Access

yes