Validation of a score predicting post-treatment ambulatory status after radiotherapy for metastatic spinal cord compression

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1503-1506

  Rades, Dirk ^a   Douglas, Sarah ^a   Huttenlocher, Stefan ^a   Rudat, Volker ^b,c   Veninga, Theo ^d   Stalpers, Lukas J A ^e   Basic, Hiba ^f   Karstens, Johann H ^g   Hoskin, Peter J ^h   Adamietz, Irenaeus A ⁱ   Schild, Steven E ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b SAAD SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d DR BERNARD VERBEETEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f University in Sarajevo   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^g HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^h MOUNT VERNON CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^j MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

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Author keywords

Ambulatory status; Metastatic spinal cord compression; Prognostic factors; Scoring system; Validation

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY STATUS; METASTATIC SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; PROGNOSTIC FACTORS; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION;

RADIOTHERAPY; STABILIZATION; TUMORS;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTATIC SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE STABILIZATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 79952705968     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.01.024     Document Type: Article

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