The combined use of surgery and radiotherapy to treat patients with epidural cord compression due to metastatic disease: A cost-utility analysis

Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 631-640

  Furlan, Julio C ^a,b,c,d   Chan, Kelvin K W ^e,f,g,h   Sandoval, Guillermo A ⁱ   Lam, Kenneth C K ⁱ   Klinger, Christopher A ⁱ   Patchell, Roy A ^j   Laporte, Audrey ⁱ   Fehlings, Michael G ^a,b,i  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Lyndhurst Centre   (Canada)

^d TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^f PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g Faculty of Medicine   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^j ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cost utility analysis; Palliative care; Radiotherapy; Spine cancer; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; EPIDURAL CORD COMPRESSION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; METASTASIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROBABILITY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD SURGERY;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EPIDURAL NEOPLASMS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; ONTARIO; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RADIOTHERAPY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 84860381389     PISSN: 15228517     EISSN: 15235866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nos062     Document Type: Article

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