Metastatic spinal cord compression in patients with colorectal cancer

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 175-180

  Brown, Paul D ^a   Stafford, Scott L ^a   Schild, Steven E ^b   Martenson, James A ^a   Schiff, David ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Colorectal cancer; Radiation therapy; Rectal cancer; Spinal cord compression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; METASTASIS; MOBILIZATION; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WALKING;

EID: 0032761776     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006312306713     Document Type: Article

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