Clinicopathological guide to malignant bone tumours: A retrospective analysis of the cancer registry at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre in northern Tanzania

Abstract

Background: Primary neoplasms of the skeleton are rare. This study aimed at determining the spectrum of different malignant bone tumours at a tertiary hospital cancer registry in the Northern Zone of Tanzania, along with related symptoms, clinical presentations, and clinical diagnosis accuracy (using histology as the standard).