Primary malignant tumors of the spine

Subbarao Kakarla

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Subbarao Kakarla1,*

¹Chairman, KIMS Foundation and Research Centre, Minister Road, Secunderabad - 500003, AP, India

*Corresponding author: Prof. Kakarla Subbarao, MS, D. Sc. (HON), FRCR, FACR, FICP, FSASMA, FCCP, FICR, FCGP, Chairman, KIMS Foundation and Research Centre, Minister Road, Secunderabad - 500003, AP, India. Email: subbaraokakarla25@gmail.com

Received 20 February 2014; Accepted 5 March 2014

Citation: Kakarla S. Primary malignant tumors of the spine. J Med Sci Res 2014; 2(2):76-83. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17727/JMSR.2014/2-015   

Copyright: © 2014 Kakarla Subbarao. Published by KIMS Foundation and Research Center. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Abstract

Most common malignant tumors involving the vertebral column are metastatic. Primary malignant tumors involving the axial skeleton are rare. The primary function of spine is anatomical, and is involved in the erect posture of human beings.