Radiotherapy of metastatic spinal cord compression in very elderly patients

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 256-263

  Rades, Dirk ^a,b   Hoskin, Peter J ^c   Karstens, Johann H ^d   Rudat, Volker ^e   Veninga, Theo ^f   Stalpers, Lukas J A ^g   Schild, Steven E ^h   Dunst, Juergen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c MOUNT VERNON CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^e ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^f DR BERNARD VERBEETEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^g ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Metastatic spinal cord compression; Treatment outcome; Very elderly patients

Indexed keywords

BONE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT;

METASTATIC SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY PATIENTS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTATIC SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; VISCERAL METASTASIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845671281     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.08.011     Document Type: Article

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