Surgery and permanent 125I seed paraspinal brachytherapy for malignant tumors with spinal cord compression

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 505-513

  Rogers, C Leland ^a,d   Theodore, Nicholas ^a   Dickman, Curtis A ^a   Sonntag, V K H ^a   Thomas, Terry ^b,c   Lam, Simon ^a   Speiser, Burton L ^a,b,c  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Arizona Oncology Services   (United States)

^c Foundation for Cancer Research and Education   (United States)

^d GammaWest Brachytherapy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NEUROLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; SURGERY; TUMORS;

BRAACHYTHERAPY SITES;

ONCOLOGY;

IODINE 125; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAMINECTOMY; LIQUORRHEA; LUNG EMBOLISM; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPONDYLECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; WOUND INFECTION; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONVALESCENCE; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036771847     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)02961-9     Document Type: Article

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