Suspected spinal cord compression in breast cancer patients: A multidisciplinary risk assessment

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 121-131

  Lu, Charles ^b   Stomper, Paul C ^b   Drislane, Frank W ^b   Wen, Patrick Y ^b   Block, Caroline C ^b   Humphrey, Charles C ^b   Collins, Catherine A ^b   Jolesz, Ferenc ^b   Talcott, James A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Metastases; Models; Retrospective studies; Risk; Spinal cord compression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031774762     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006002823626     Document Type: Article

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