Incisional Biopsy Versus Core-needle Biopsy in Bone Tumors Analysis (INSPECTOR)

Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Malignant Bone Tumor

Treatments: Procedure: incisional or core-needle biopsy for tumor diagnosis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07113301

INSPECTOR

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 42 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 2+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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