Radiation-induced myelopathy in long-term surviving metastatic spinal cord compression patients after hypofractionated radiotherapy: A clinical and magnetic resonance imaging analysis

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 281-288

  Maranzano, Ernesto ^a,d   Bellavita, Rita ^a   Floridi, Piero ^a   Celani, Grazia ^b   Righetti, Enrico ^b   Lupattelli, Marco ^a   Panizza, Bianca Moira ^a   Frattegiani, Alessandro ^a   Pelliccioli, Gian Piero ^a   Latini, Paolo ^a,c  

^a Policlinico Hospital   (Italy)

^b Azienda Sanitaria   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d POLICLINICO MONTELUCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hypofractionated radiotherapy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Metastatic spinal cord compression; Radiation induced myelopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER FUNCTION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GANGRENE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RADIATION INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034887961     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(01)00356-5     Document Type: Article

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