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SINS (Spinal Instability Neoplastic Score)

SINS (SOSG, Fisher/Bilsky 2010)

Sums six clinical and imaging components — location, mechanical pain, bone lesion quality, alignment, vertebral body collapse, and posterolateral element involvement — into the 0–18 Spinal Instability Neoplastic Score, banded stable / indeterminate / unstable.

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Spine location of the lesion
Mechanical pain
Bone lesion quality
Radiographic spinal alignment
Vertebral body collapse
Posterolateral element involvement

Facet, pedicle, or costovertebral joint fracture or replacement with tumor.

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  • Please provide: spine location, mechanical pain assessment, bone lesion quality, radiographic alignment, vertebral body collapse, posterolateral element involvement.

How this tool works

The Spinal Instability Neoplastic Score (Fisher, Bilsky and the Spine Oncology Study Group, 2010) provides a reproducible, evidence-based measure of mechanical stability for spinal segments involved by tumor. Junctional segments, mechanical (load-related) pain, lytic bone destruction, deformity or translation, greater vertebral body collapse, and bilateral posterolateral element involvement each add points, to a maximum of 18. Totals of 0–6 are considered stable, 7–12 indeterminate (potentially unstable), and 13–18 unstable; the SOSG recommends surgical consultation for any score of 7 or higher. SINS characterizes mechanical stability only and is designed to complement — not replace — multidisciplinary frameworks such as NOMS that incorporate neurologic, oncologic, and systemic considerations.

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Implemented from the cited published sources. Educational use only; confirm against current guidelines before clinical use.

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