Breast cancer patients with metastatic spinal cord compression

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 283-286

  Weber, A ^a   Bartscht, T ^a   Karstens, J H ^b   Schild, S E ^c   Rades, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Involved extraspinal organs; Metastatic spinal cord compression; Radiotherapy; Survival prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTATIC SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84896333946     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: 1439099X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-013-0473-4     Document Type: Article

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