Cancer can affect the spine and its components by a number of types of spinal tumors. Most tumors in the spine are metastatic—they spread from another part of the body into the spinal region and cause pain.

Spinal tumor treatments vary based on the tumor’s type and location, as well as other serious health conditions that may be present. Treatments for spinal tumors can range anywhere from just observation/monitoring all the way up to complete surgical removal.