Welcome to the Tumor Library

This site is an Orthopaedic Oncology Atlas compiled from the personal medical library of Dr. James Johnston, an orthopaedic surgeon for over 40 years. Nearly 5000 slides including radiology/MRI imagery, operative photographs and histology have been converted to images and are presented along with a description of the case diagnosis and treatment. (see Biography)

A DVD of this material is also available for $175. It contains both a PDF and a PowerPoint version depending on the capability of your computer. Images on the PowerPoint version have labels and arrows making them ideal to use for lectures and teaching purposes. Unlike the web based Tumor Library, the DVD has no search capability but has a table of contents at the beginning like a book. The monies for this purchase go for the maintenance and annual upgrades of both the DVD and the Tumor Library.

How to use this site
To aid your research, you can find the cases and images in three different ways;

1. Use the category classifications (eg. bone tumors) if you wish to view cases grouped by tumor type.
2. To view cases for a particular demographic, location or image, use the links under Diagnosis, the A-Z link is useful to view a list of all the diagnoses
3. A search box is provided in the upper right of this page to find a case by keywords

Important, please read
Warning: This site contains graphic surgical images that may be disturbing to some people.