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

Journal of Supportive Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 305-312

  Lu, Charles ^a,b,c,d   Gonzalez, Ramon G ^a,b,c,d   Jolesz, Ferenc A ^a,b,c,d   Wen, Patrick Y ^a,b,c,d   Talcott, James A ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE METASTASIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 23844540087     PISSN: 15446794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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