Surgical treatment and outcomes of metastatic breast cancer to the spine

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1336-1339

  Walcott, Brian P ^a   Cvetanovich, Gregory L ^b   Barnard, Zachary R ^a   Nahed, Brian V ^a   Kahle, Kristopher T ^a   Curry, William T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Neoplasm metastasis; Spine; Surgery

Indexed keywords

BLADDER FUNCTION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOBILIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE METASTASIS; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURVIVAL TIME; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; VERTEBRA BODY;

EID: 80052104015     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.02.020     Document Type: Article

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