Abstract
•Demographic features are essential for a more personalize survival prediction of spinal bone metastasis (SBM).•Women have a relatively better survival chance than men before 75years, while men have better survival after this age.•SBM survival is not dependent on the number of spinal metastases.
Highlights
The spine is the third most common site for cancer cells to metastasize after lung and liver, and 30–70% of patients with a tumor have metastatic spinal disease at autopsy [1,3,4,5]
Metastases are more commonly found in the thoracic spine, followed by the lumbar spine, while the cervical spine is the least likely location to find metastasis
A total of 250 patients with Spinal bone metastases (SBM) were identified at Maastro Clinic
Summary
Tumor metastasis is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in cancer patients [1,2]. The spine is the third most common site for cancer cells to metastasize after lung and liver, and 30–70% of patients with a tumor have metastatic spinal disease at autopsy [1,3,4,5]. Primary tumors of the breast, prostate, thyroid, lung, gastrointestinal (GI), and kidney are the most common to metastasize to the spine [1,3,4,5]. Spinal bone metastases (SBM) account for over 70% of all osseous metastases and are slightly more common in men than in women.
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