Acta orthopaedica Scandinavica. Supplementum
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To evaluate epidemiology, prognosis and diagnostics in metastatic bone disease and identify risk factors for failure after operation for pathologic fracture. ⋯ To decrease the risk of reoperation, it is important to identify patients with a long expected survival. Patients with a good prognosis should be considered for wide resection and reconstruction as applied in primary malignant bone tumors.