Spine metastases: Current treatments and future directions

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 46, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 2696-2707

  Harel, Ran ^a   Angelov, Lilyana ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Radiation therapy; Spine metastases; Spine radiosurgery; Spine surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DEXAMETHASONE; RHENIUM 186; STRONTIUM 89;

AGE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SPINE METASTASIS; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOISOTOPES; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; STEROIDS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 77957189114     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.04.025     Document Type: Article

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