The Orthopaedic Burden Of Cancer Care

Cancer treatment and survivorship management continue to be rapidly evolving aspects of modern healthcare systems. As cancer survivorship has changed, the effects of prescribed treatments and their long-term morbidities are beginning to be understood, necessitating awareness by the orthopaedic profession of the diagnostic and management challenges of cancer patients with musculoskeletal complaints. The likelihood that cancer patients and cancer survivors will seek orthopaedic evaluation for a consequence of treatment is reasonably high and likely will to continue to expand. We help outline the consequences of cancer treatment that warrant unique orthopaedic considerations.