EVALUATION OF QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS TREATED FOR METASTATIC DISEASE OF THE PROXIMAL FEMUR

ABSTRACT Objective: Patients with metastatic bone lesions have a limited life expectancy. These metastatic lesions compromise the proximal femur, and fractures are quite common. The survival of these patients depends on the behavior of the primary tumor. The aim of this study was to evaluate the qu...

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Main Authors: Marcos Hajime Tanaka, Marcello Martins de Souza, Daniel Luiz Ceroni Gibson, Monica Paschoal Nogueira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia 2018-08-01
Series:Acta Ortopédica Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-78522018000400248&tlng=en