Short-course radiotherapy is not optimal for spinal cord compression due to myeloma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1452-1457

  Rades, Dirk ^a,b   Hoskin, Peter J ^c   Stalpers, Lukas J A ^d   Schulte, Rainer ^e   Poortmans, Philip ^f   Veninga, Theo ^f   Dahm Daphi, Jochen ^a   Obralic, Nermina ^g   Wildfang, Ingeborg ^h   Bahrehmand, Roja ⁱ   Engenhart Cabilic, Rita ^j   Schild, Steven E ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c MOUNT VERNON CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^f DR BERNARD VERBEETEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^g University Hospital   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^h Siloah Hospital   (Germany)

ⁱ DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

^j PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^k MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

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Author keywords

Myeloma; Radiotherapy; Spinal cord compression

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; IRRADIATION; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT;

MYELOMA; MYELOMA PATIENTS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SUBGROUP ANALYSIS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MYELOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 33645359733     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.10.018     Document Type: Article

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