Background: We investigated the outcome of surgical treatment of patients with
radiosensitive hematological malignancies presenting with spinal cord compression …

Purpose/Objective: To determine the efficacy of direct radical decompressive surgical
resection of metastatic tumor causing spinal cord compression, we randomly assigned …

Spinal cord compression is a major cause of morbidity and or mortality in a cancer patient.
This is one of the few oncologic emergencies, as delay in therapy leads to frank paralysis …

Purpose While radiotherapy is generally an acceptable treatment for metastatic spinal cord
compression, surgical intervention is controversial due to the invasiveness and diversity of …

Malignant Spinal cord compression (MSCC) is a common neurologic complication of
advanced malignancies where neurologic function may be permanently compromised …

Background. Uncertainty exists whether patients with spinal cord compression (SCC) from a
highly radiosensitive tumor require decompressive spinal surgery in addition to radiotherapy …

Spinal cord compression (SCC) is a well-known complication in cancer patients, with an
enormous potential impact on quality of life. In most cases, treatment is palliative, but a …

Malignant Spinal Cord Compression: A Hospice Emergency : Home Healthcare Now Malignant
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Aim: Malignant spinal cord compression (SCC) is treated with radiotherapy (RT). Additional
neurosurgery has become more widely used since a trial showed a benefit for selected …

Introduction This article describes how patients with metastatic spinal cord compression
(MSCC) were treated from 2005 to 2011 at a single institution. A comparison is made with an …