Separation surgery followed by stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for metastatic epidural spinal cord compression: A systematic review and meta-analysis for local progression rate
Introduction: Spinal metastasis is the most common metastatic skeletal disease in cancer patients. Metastatic epidural spinal cord compression (MESCC), which occurs in 5–14% of cancer patients, is an oncological emergency because it may cause a permanent neurological deficit. Separation surgery foll...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2022-10-01
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| Series: | Journal of Bone Oncology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212137422000409 |