Epidural spinal cord compression

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 397-406

  Spinazzé, Silvia ^a   Caraceni, Augusto ^b   Schrijvers, Dirk ^c,d,e,f  

^a Ospedale Regionale   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c ZNA Middelheim   (Belgium)

^d Oncology Centre of Antwerp   (Belgium)

^e BSMO (Belgian Society of Medical Oncology)   (Belgium)

^f ZNA Middelheim ^*

Author keywords

Metastasis; Neoplasm; Spinal cord compression

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; GABAPENTIN; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; OPIATE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LUNG CANCER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE METASTASIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27944435823     PISSN: 10408428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2005.04.005     Document Type: Review

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