Back support in secondary spinal cancer. Coloured computed tomography (CT) scan of a section through the torso of a 66-year-old patient with a back br

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Back support in secondary spinal cancer. Coloured computed tomography (CT) scan of a section through the torso of a 66-year-old patient with a back brace (black specks) being used to support the lumbar spine (vertical, far right), which has been weakened by cancer that has spread (metastasised) from prostate cancer.

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