Precision medicine in spinal oncology: an overview from the AO Spine Knowledge Forum Tumor

About AO Spine Knowledge Forum Tumor

As an international consortium of dedicated spine oncology surgeons and oncologists, the AO Spine Knowledge Forum (KF) Tumor is devoted to improving and advancing the care of patients with spinal tumors and to leading the way in terms of spine oncology research. The KF Tumor is working to implement physician-driven landmark clinical studies. It strives to advance patient care through peer-reviewed publications, focusing on metastatic as well as rare primary spine tumors.

The focus issue of the GSJ features the following contributions:

1. Precision Medicine in Spinal Oncology: An Overview from the AO Spine Knowledge Forum Tumor
2. Overview of molecular prognostication for common cancer histologies – what the spine surgeon should know
3. Liquid biopsy in primary bone tumors of the spine
4. Malnutrition in spinal oncology: where are we?
5. A critical appraisal of the application of frailty and sarcopenia in the spinal oncology population
6. Defining spine cancer pain syndromes
7. The etiology of neurological deficits in metastatic spinal disease
8. Emerging radiation technologies in spine tumors: now and future
9. Latest developments in targeted biological therapies in the management of primary low-grade malignancies
10. Intermediate Spinal Instability Neoplastic Score: to operate or not to operate?
11. Prevention and management of wound complications following oncologic spine surgery: systematic review and proposed clinical algorithm
12. Role of carbon fiber implants in spine tumor surgery