Comparison of 1 x 8 Gy and 10 x 3 Gy for functional outcome in patients with metastatic spinal cord compression

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 514-518

  Rades, Dirk ^a   Stalpers, Lukas J A ^b   Hulshof, Maarten C ^b   Borgmann, Kerstin ^a   Karstens, Johann H ^c   Koning, Caro C E ^b   Alberti, Winfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Metastatic spinal cord compression; Overall treatment time; Palliation; Radiation schedule

Indexed keywords

DETERIORATION; DISEASES; HISTOLOGY; IRRADIATION; NEUROLOGY; ONCOLOGY; RADIATION;

EFFECTIVE TREATMENT SCHEDULE; FRACTIONATION SCHEDULES; OVERALL TREATMENT TIME; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 18944400960     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.10.005     Document Type: Article

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