Incisional Biopsy Versus Core-needle Biopsy in Bone Tumors Analysis

N/AActive Not RecruitingNCT07113301

Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli42 enrolled

Overview

The investigators will collect data of patients with high suspicion of malignant bone tumor based on radiological imaging who underwent/will undergo both core needle biopsy and incisional biopsy for diagnostic confirmation by histological examination. From 01/01/2015 to the approval date of this study: retrospective study; from the approval date of this study to 31/12/2027: prospective study. the investigators expect to collect data from a total of 72 patients: approximately 30 patients for the retrospective study and 42 for the prospective study. A review will be made from the medical records, radiological imaging, and histological data of partecipants.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Malignant Bone Tumor

Interventions

incisional or core-needle biopsy for tumor diagnosisPROCEDURE

incisional or core-needle biopsy for tumor diagnosis

Eligibility

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥ 2 years * Patients with high suspicion of malignant bone tumor who underwent/will undergo both core needle biopsy and incisional biopsy * Male and female patients treated at Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute from the approval date of this study to 31/12/2027 * Patients with available clinical and imaging data Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with bone tumor who underwent/will undergo only core needle biopsy * Patients with bone tumor who underwent/ will undergo only incisional biopsy

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

compare the agreement between core needle biopsy and incisional biopsy, based on Cohen's kappa coefficient.

Time frame: through study completion, an average of 3 year