Prognostic factors predicting functional outcomes, recurrence-free survival, and overall survival after radiotherapy for metastatic spinal cord compression in breast cancer patients

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 182-188

  Rades, Dirk ^a   Veninga, Theo ^b   Stalpers, Lukas J A ^c   Schulte, Rainer ^d   Hoskin, Peter J ^e   Poortmans, Philip ^b   Schild, Steven E ^f   Rudat, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b DR BERNARD VERBEETEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^e MOUNT VERNON CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^f MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Metastatic spinal cord compression; Prognostic factors; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BONE; DETERIORATION; IRRADIATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY;

BREAST CANCER; METASTASES; METASTATIC SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; PROGNOSTIC FACTORS;

ONCOLOGY;

ADULT; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA; VISCERAL METASTASIS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 29244437844     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.06.036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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