Palliation

Neurology

Questions discussed in this category

What is the expected timeframe for the development of radiation myelitis and therapies that have helped with neurologic symptoms?

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Is it reasonable to delay radiation therapy following surgical decompression for a patient with spinal cord compression if systemic therapy must be started as soon as possible?

Do you ever allow patients to receive a couple of cycles of systemic therapy first if there is high burden of disease? What is the maximum time after ...

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How do you approach the management of a patient with lumbar spinal metastasis with neurologic symptoms but without evidence of spinal cord compression?

In a patient with metastatic cancer to the lumbar spine and epidural disease on CT who presents back pain and leg weakness: Is a whole spine MRI in...

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What criteria do you use to decide whether to start anticonvulsants in patients with brain metastases?

Do all patients with brain metastases get started on anticonvulsants? Do you decide based on extent of edema, tumor size, or something else?&nb...

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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?

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How do you manage cranial radiotherapy in the setting of an acute CVA?

In a palliative setting, how long would you wait to initiate WBRT?

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Papers discussed in this category

Stroke, 2008 Jul 17

Establishing final infarct volume: stroke lesion evolution past 30 days is insignificant.

J Neuroimaging, 2020 Feb 10

From "Time is Brain" to "Imaging is Brain": A Paradigm Shift in the Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke.

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.

The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society, 2017-10

Early intervention in cauda equina syndrome associated with better outcomes: a myth or reality? Insights from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database (2005-2011).

Adv Radiat Oncol, 2021 May-Jun

Timing of Urgent Inpatient Palliative Radiation Therapy.

Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 2006 Dec 1

Update of human spinal cord reirradiation tolerance based on additional data from 38 patients.

Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 2019 Oct 10

Spinal Cord Dose Tolerance to Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy.

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al], 2021 May 05

New clinical data on human spinal cord re-irradiation tolerance.

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 2013-03-01

Randomized trial of pentoxifylline and vitamin E vs standard follow-up after breast irradiation to prevent breast fibrosis, evaluated by tissue compliance meter.

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 2020 Jan 24

Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial Combining Pentoxifylline-Tocopherol and Clodronate in the Treatment of Radiation-Induced Plexopathy.

Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, 2001 Mar

Double-blind randomized phase II study of hyperbaric oxygen in patients with radiation-induced brachial plexopathy.

Cancer research and treatment, 2006 Dec 31

The effect of pentoxifylline on radiobiological parameters in the rat radiation myelopathy.

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