Musculoskeletal manifestations of childhood malignancies: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Timely diagnosis of malignancies in children is very important. Knowing the clinical manifestations of malignancies help in timely diagnosis. The aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence of musculoskeletal manifestations of malignancies in children.

Methods

we searched the manuscript databases including Scopus, Web of science, Google scholar, Medline, and Cochrane for all studies in accordance with the relevant keywords. The nine-star Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) scoring system was employed to assess the methodological quality of all eligible studies. Statistical analysis was performed using the Comprehensive Meta-Analysis (CMA) software.

Results

Of 96 articles initially collected by database searching, 13 articles were eligible for the final anal

SUBMITTER: Jari M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11912753 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature