Modern views on the diagnosis of skeletal system metastatic lesions (review)

Nikolay Ivanovich Sergeev - Candidate of Medicine, leading researcher of the research department of new technologies and semiotics of radiation diagnosis of diseases of organs and systems of the Federal state budgetary institution "Russian Scientific Center of Roentgenoradiology" of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation (RSCRR) Peter Mihailovich Kotlyarov - Doctor of Medical Science, professor, head of the research department of new technologies and semiotics of radiation diagnosis of diseases of organs and systems of the Federal state budgetary institution "Russian Scientific Center of Roentgenoradiology" of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation (RSCRR) Vladimir Alekseevich Solodkiy - correspondent-member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences “RAMS”, professor, director of the Federal state budgetary institution "Russian Scientific Center of Roentgenoradiology" of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation (RSCRR) Metastatic lesions of organs and tissues is a major problem in the treatment of cancer. The development of bone metastasis during the disease progression often leads to pathologic fractures, causing neurological deficit, traffic restrictions and persistent pain which greatly impairs the quality of life of cancer patients. In the review are analised the modern concepts of diagnosis of skeletal system metastatic lesions using modern radiation methods, are presented comparative studies of their effectiveness.