Secondary spinal cancer. Computed tomography (CT) scans of a 70 year old woman's spinal column (side view, front at left). On the lumbar spine (lower

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Secondary spinal cancer. Computed tomography (CT) scans of a 70 year old woman's spinal column (side view, front at left). On the lumbar spine (lower back), there are malignant (cancerous) bone tumours. These have metastasised (spread) from a primary head and neck cancer.

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