Table 5 BONE TUMOUR DIAGNOSIS: CLINICAL FEATURES
• Age (date of birth) and sex of the patient. |
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• Racial background [17] |
• A record of the anatomical bone involved by tumour. |
• Clinical features associated with the tumour, such as nature and duration of signs and symptoms, including the presence or absence of pain, swelling, deformity, and relation to a previous traumatic episode. |
• The presence or absence of a pre-existing or concomitant skeletal disease, history of familial syndrome or other relevant disease predisposing to tumour development. |
• Occupational or treatment (eg chemotherapy, radiation therapy) history that may predispose to bone malignancy. |
• The presence or absence of systemic features of disease. |
• Results of relevant laboratory investigations (see text). |