Survival score scales of patients operated with spinal metastases: retrospective application in a Brazilian population

ABSTRACT Spinal cord epidural metastasis (SEM) is a common complication of systemic cancer. Predicting these patient’s survival is a key factor to select the proper treatment modality, but the three most used score scales to predict their survival (Tokuhashi revised score, Tomita score and Bauer mod...

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Main Authors: Eduardo Carvalhal Ribas, Luis Roberto Mathias Junior, Vinícius Monteiro Guirado, Roger Schmidt Brock, Mario Augusto Taricco, Mauro Miguel Daniel, Rafael Burgomeister Lourenço, Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2015-01-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2015005010106&lng=en&tlng=en