Effect of high-dose dexamethasone in carcinomatous metastatic spinal cord compression treated with radiotherapy: a randomised trial

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 22-27

  Sorensen P S ^a   Helweg Larsen, S ^a   Mouridsen, H ^a   Hansen, H H ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOLID TUMOR; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EPIDURAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 0028118739     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(05)80011-5     Document Type: Article

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