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Chest wall bone cancer

MedGen UID:
233148
•Concept ID:
C1334572
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Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: bone cancer of chest wall; chest wall bone cancer; Malignant Bone Neoplasm of Chest Wall; malignant bone neoplasm of chest wall; Malignant Bone Neoplasm of the Chest Wall; malignant bone neoplasm of the chest wall; Malignant Bone Tumor of Chest Wall; malignant bone tumor of chest wall; Malignant Bone Tumor of the Chest Wall; malignant bone tumor of the chest wall; malignant bone tumour of chest wall; malignant bone tumour of the chest wall; Malignant Chest Wall Bone Neoplasm; malignant chest wall bone neoplasm; Malignant Chest Wall Bone Tumor; malignant chest wall bone tumor; malignant chest wall bone tumour
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0003933

Definition

An uncommon malignant neoplasm that arises from the chest wall bones. Representative examples include chondrosarcoma, osteosarcoma, and Ewing sarcoma/peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVChest wall bone cancer

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Clavicular Malignancies: A Borderline Surgical Management.
Nistor CE, Ciuche A, Cucu AP, Serban B, Cursaru A, Cretu B, Cirstoiu C
Medicina (Kaunas) 2022 Jul 8;58(7) doi: 10.3390/medicina58070910. PMID: 35888630Free PMC Article
Primary Tumors of the Osseous Chest Wall and Their Management.
Thomas M, Shen KR
Thorac Surg Clin 2017 May;27(2):181-193. Epub 2017 Mar 1 doi: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2017.01.012. PMID: 28363373
Management of tumors involving the chest wall including pancoast tumors and tumors invading the spine.
Deslauriers J, Tronc F, Fortin D
Thorac Surg Clin 2013 Aug;23(3):313-25. Epub 2013 Jul 16 doi: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2013.05.001. PMID: 23931015

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Fulminant primary cardiac lymphoma with sudden cardiac death: A case report and brief review.
Cheng JF, Lee SH, Hsu RB, Yu SC, Shun CT, Huang PS, Chen YH, Lee CM
J Formos Med Assoc 2018 Oct;117(10):939-943. Epub 2018 Apr 19 doi: 10.1016/j.jfma.2018.03.011. PMID: 29681417
Cartilage-forming tumors.
Qasem SA, DeYoung BR
Semin Diagn Pathol 2014 Jan;31(1):10-20. Epub 2014 Jan 23 doi: 10.1053/j.semdp.2014.01.006. PMID: 24680178
Askin's tumor: a case report and literature review.
Benbrahim Z, Arifi S, Daoudi K, Serraj M, Amara B, Benjelloun MC, Mellas N, El Mesbahi O
World J Surg Oncol 2013 Jan 22;11:10. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-11-10. PMID: 23339634Free PMC Article
Primary chest wall tumors.
Shah AA, D'Amico TA
J Am Coll Surg 2010 Mar;210(3):360-6. Epub 2009 Dec 22 doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.11.012. PMID: 20193901
Imaging features of peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumours.
Hari S, Jain TP, Thulkar S, Bakhshi S
Br J Radiol 2008 Dec;81(972):975-83. Epub 2008 Sep 1 doi: 10.1259/bjr/30073320. PMID: 18762481

Diagnosis

Cartilage-forming tumors.
Qasem SA, DeYoung BR
Semin Diagn Pathol 2014 Jan;31(1):10-20. Epub 2014 Jan 23 doi: 10.1053/j.semdp.2014.01.006. PMID: 24680178
Primary chest wall tumors.
Shah AA, D'Amico TA
J Am Coll Surg 2010 Mar;210(3):360-6. Epub 2009 Dec 22 doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.11.012. PMID: 20193901
Snapping scapula syndrome.
Lazar MA, Kwon YW, Rokito AS
J Bone Joint Surg Am 2009 Sep;91(9):2251-62. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.H.01347. PMID: 19724005
Intercostal hemangioma.
Ono N, Yokomise H, Inui K, Wada H, Hitomi S
Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 Dec;44(6):324-5. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-1012049. PMID: 9021915
Chest wall tumors.
Faber LP, Somers J, Templeton AC
Curr Probl Surg 1995 Aug;32(8):661-747. doi: 10.1016/s0011-3840(05)80007-3. PMID: 7634822

Therapy

Chest wall tuberculosis in children: a mimicker of bone tumour.
Balasubramaniyan M, Verma S, Dhawan SR, Saxena AK
BMJ Case Rep 2021 Apr 22;14(4) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-242802. PMID: 33888483Free PMC Article
COVID-19 Vaccine-Induced Radiation Recall Phenomenon.
Soyfer V, Gutfeld O, Shamai S, Schlocker A, Merimsky O
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2021 Jul 15;110(4):957-961. Epub 2021 Mar 4 doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.02.048. PMID: 33677050Free PMC Article
Delayed haemothorax and fracture of titanium plate rib fixation following oncologic chest wall reconstruction.
Singh M, Kobraei EM, Nuutila K, Wee JO, Caterson EJ
ANZ J Surg 2019 Jan;89(1-2):E28-E30. Epub 2017 May 3 doi: 10.1111/ans.13963. PMID: 28470673
Histotype-tailored neoadjuvant chemotherapy versus standard chemotherapy in patients with high-risk soft-tissue sarcomas (ISG-STS 1001): an international, open-label, randomised, controlled, phase 3, multicentre trial.
Gronchi A, Ferrari S, Quagliuolo V, Broto JM, Pousa AL, Grignani G, Basso U, Blay JY, Tendero O, Beveridge RD, Ferraresi V, Lugowska I, Merlo DF, Fontana V, Marchesi E, Donati DM, Palassini E, Palmerini E, De Sanctis R, Morosi C, Stacchiotti S, Bagué S, Coindre JM, Dei Tos AP, Picci P, Bruzzi P, Casali PG
Lancet Oncol 2017 Jun;18(6):812-822. Epub 2017 May 9 doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(17)30334-0. PMID: 28499583
Askin's tumor: a case report and literature review.
Benbrahim Z, Arifi S, Daoudi K, Serraj M, Amara B, Benjelloun MC, Mellas N, El Mesbahi O
World J Surg Oncol 2013 Jan 22;11:10. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-11-10. PMID: 23339634Free PMC Article

Prognosis

COVID-19 Vaccine-Induced Radiation Recall Phenomenon.
Soyfer V, Gutfeld O, Shamai S, Schlocker A, Merimsky O
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2021 Jul 15;110(4):957-961. Epub 2021 Mar 4 doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.02.048. PMID: 33677050Free PMC Article
Management of tumors involving the chest wall including pancoast tumors and tumors invading the spine.
Deslauriers J, Tronc F, Fortin D
Thorac Surg Clin 2013 Aug;23(3):313-25. Epub 2013 Jul 16 doi: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2013.05.001. PMID: 23931015
Primary chest wall tumors.
Shah AA, D'Amico TA
J Am Coll Surg 2010 Mar;210(3):360-6. Epub 2009 Dec 22 doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.11.012. PMID: 20193901
Extra-axial chordoma.
van Akkooi AC, van Geel AN, Bessems JH, den Bakker MA
J Bone Joint Surg Br 2006 Sep;88(9):1232-4. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B9.17873. PMID: 16943479
Chondrosarcoma of the rib.
Shimoyama T, Suzuki R, Yoshiya K, Yamato Y, Koike T
Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 Apr;51(4):167-71. doi: 10.1007/s11748-003-0056-x. PMID: 12723590

Clinical prediction guides

A bone tumor-like chest wall mass lesion with pathological rib fractures observed 13 years after lung stereotactic body radiotherapy: A case report.
Matsuda M, Ichikawa J, Komiyama T, Onohara K, Saito M, Nemoto H, Kubota M, Onishi H
Thorac Cancer 2024 Sep;15(26):1912-1916. Epub 2024 Aug 7 doi: 10.1111/1759-7714.15419. PMID: 39113470Free PMC Article
Management of Malignant Chest Wall Tumors.
Majeed FA, Ali A, Chatha SS, Ahmad G, Wyne A, Paracha N
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak 2021 Jul;31(7):833-836. doi: 10.29271/jcpsp.2021.07.833. PMID: 34271786
Canyons and Volcanoes: The Effects of Radiation on the Chest Wall.
Bao TH, Bains MS, Shahzad F, Allen RJ Jr, Jones DR, Rocco G
Ann Thorac Surg 2021 Dec;112(6):e415-e418. Epub 2021 Mar 6 doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.03.003. PMID: 33689744Free PMC Article
COVID-19 Vaccine-Induced Radiation Recall Phenomenon.
Soyfer V, Gutfeld O, Shamai S, Schlocker A, Merimsky O
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2021 Jul 15;110(4):957-961. Epub 2021 Mar 4 doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.02.048. PMID: 33677050Free PMC Article
Clinical features and prognostic analysis of patients with chest wall chondrosarcoma.
Gao H, Zhou Y, Wang Z, Zhao R, Qian S
Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Sep;98(36):e17025. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000017025. PMID: 31490388Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

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Chest Wall Reconstruction in Pediatric Patients with Chest Wall Tumors: A Systematic Review.
Theodorou CM, Lawrence YS, Brown EG
J Pediatr Surg 2023 Jul;58(7):1368-1374. Epub 2022 Nov 23 doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2022.11.008. PMID: 36585305
Diffuse parenchymal pulmonary amyloidosis associated with multiple myeloma: a case report and systematic review of the literature.
Liu Y, Jin Z, Zhang H, Zhang Y, Shi M, Meng F, Sun Q, Cai H
BMC Cancer 2018 Aug 8;18(1):802. doi: 10.1186/s12885-018-4565-5. PMID: 30089469Free PMC Article
En Bloc Resection of Pulmonary Sulcus Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Invading the Spine: A Systematic Literature Review and Pooled Data Analysis.
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A systematic review of selected musculoskeletal late effects in survivors of childhood cancer.
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Curr Pediatr Rev 2014;10(4):249-62. doi: 10.2174/1573400510666141114223827. PMID: 25403639Free PMC Article

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