Radiation Oncology

Spine Metastases

Questions discussed in this category

Do you ever prophylactically treat an asymptomatic bone metastasis to prevent or delay risk of pathologic fracture?

If a patient with good PS who does not meet criteria for prophylactic rod stabilization has radiographic features consistent with metastasis (lytic ap...

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How many vertebral levels do you choose to treat with post-op RT?

There are many cases where patient has cord compression in 1-2 vertebral levels, but surgery was done with hardware encompassing 5-7 levels. Are you c...

2 Answers available

Do you take any special precautions when treating cervical spine metastases?

Do you require neurosurgical evaluation first? Do you require any patients to wear a neck brace?

1 Answer available

Papers discussed in this category

Journal of neurosurgery. Spine, 2010-09

Reliability analysis of the epidural spinal cord compression scale.

Spine, 2010-10-15

A novel classification system for spinal instability in neoplastic disease: an evidence-based approach and expert consensus from the Spine Oncology Study Group.

Neurosurgery,

Strategies to Mitigate Toxicities From Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Spine Metastases.

Journal of neurosurgery. Spine, 2017-03

Consensus guidelines for postoperative stereotactic body radiation therapy for spinal metastases: results of an international survey.

JAMA oncology, 2018-01-11

Consolidative Radiotherapy for Limited Metastatic Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Phase 2 Randomized Clinical Trial.

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2019-06-20

Local Consolidative Therapy Vs. Maintenance Therapy or Observation for Patients With Oligometastatic Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Long-Term Results of a Multi-Institutional, Phase II, Randomized Study.

Lancet, 2019 Apr 11

Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy versus standard of care palliative treatment in patients with oligometastatic cancers (SABR-COMET): a randomised, phase 2, open-label trial.

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 1994-08-30

Is there a role for radiotherapy in the "curative" management of patients with metastatic cancer?

JAMA Oncol,

Outcomes of Observation vs Stereotactic Ablative Radiation for Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer: The ORIOLE Phase 2 Randomized Clinical Trial.

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