Treatment of metastatic spinal cord compression: an unsettled issue
Vijayakumar, S.
Journal of the National Medical Association 76(3): 297-298; 303
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0027-9684 PMID: 6716506 Document Number: 234626
Spinal cord compression as an oncological complication is presented. The benefits of radiation therapy, as either an alternative or an addition to surgery, are discussed, as well as the most frequently affected sites of cord compression.
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