Meeting Coverage

MSTS

Musculoskeletal Tumor Society

What's the Best Way to Treat Femur Breaks From Bone Metastases?

No difference in outcomes between long-stem hemiarthroplasty and intramedullary nailing

MSTS over a night shot of the waterfront in Baltimore, MD

Latest MSTS Meetings

Pediatric Sarcoma Patients Face Late Amputation Risk Decades Later

Study finds about 18% required amputation long after initial limb salvage surgery

October 9, 2021
Take Sarcoma Research Based on Registry Data With a Grain of Salt

Many studies using SEER/NCDB registries often generated disparate outcomes

October 8, 2021
No Benefit for Longer-Duration Antibiotic Prophylaxis After Limb Salvage

Surgical site infections similar versus shorter-duration prophylactic IV regimen

October 8, 2021
Antibiotic Could Thwart Costly Sarcoma Surgery Complication

Benefit seen for adding "anaerobic coverage" to standard perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis

October 7, 2021
Look for Bone Mets at Soft Tissue Sarcoma Diagnosis

Lung scan only would have missed 40% of all metastases, majority of bone disease, study finds

October 12, 2020

Latest Oncology/Hematology Meetings