Radiation therapy alone for spinal cord compression: time to improve upon a relatively ineffective status quo

J Clin Oncol. 2005 May 20;23(15):3308-10. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2005.11.940. Epub 2005 Feb 28.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Comparative Study
  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Brachytherapy / adverse effects
  • Brachytherapy / methods*
  • Clinical Trials, Phase III as Topic
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Prognosis
  • Radiation Dosage
  • Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted
  • Risk Assessment
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Spinal Cord Compression / etiology
  • Spinal Cord Compression / mortality
  • Spinal Cord Compression / radiotherapy*
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / complications
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / mortality
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Survival Analysis
  • Treatment Outcome