8th Edition of the Musculoskeletal Oncology Course of the University of Padova – Padova, Italy

This is the 8th edition of the Musculoskeletal Oncology Course of University of Padova. It has been organized by the Department of Orthopedics and Orthopedic Oncology of University of Padova in close cooperation with other Universities of the international faculty. Based on a few years’ experience from other Oncology Courses, such as the Moffitt Cancer Center Course, the Rizzoli Course, the Oxford Course and the European Course of Budapest Semmelweis University, our Course is aimed to offer a review and update of the knowledge in musculoskeletal oncology and more specifically to provide basic information on clinical features, imaging, pathology and principles of treatment of the bone and soft tissues tumors and pseudotumoral lesions. It is a short, yet comprehensive Course, addressed to residents and young doctors (orthopedic surgeons, radiologists, pathologist and medical oncologists) willing to start their activity, or already involved in the field of musculoskeletal oncology, in order to refresh or widen their knowledge. This Course is designed to be fairly interactive: case discussion and questions will play an important role. Our faculty includes well-renown names of musculoskeletal oncology expression of different specialties: from orthopedic surgery to pathology, radiology and medical oncology. We hope that this Course will be both useful and pleasant for all participants!

The Course Directors: Pietro Ruggieri & Andreas Leithner