A randomized multicenter trial has demonstrated that surgical resection is more effective than radiotherapy in patients undergoing surgery for spinal cord compression caused by metastatic cancer.

Spinal cord compression (SCC) occurs in 5% to 30% of the oncology population and affects patient function, comfort, and general quality of life. Patients with lung cancer, breast cancer, prostate ...

Although surgery is used increasingly as a strategy to complement treatment with radiation and chemotherapy in patients with metastatic epidural spinal cord compression (MESCC), the impact of surgery ...

Association of serum steroid levels with survival in men with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC) treated with ADT with and without docetaxel on ECOG-ACRIN E3805. This is an ASCO ...

A 66 year-old man with a history of lung cancer presented with a three-week history of mid-back pain followed by rapidly progressive paraplegia and incontinence over 24 hours. Neoplastic Spinal Cord ...

A 47 year-old woman with a history of melanoma presented with progressive weakness and numbness of both legs. Neoplastic Spinal Cord Compression: T1-weighted with gadolinium sagittal MRI. Note the ...

This guideline has been updated and replaced by the NICE guideline on spinal metastases and metastatic spinal cord compression (NG234).

Spinal metastases can affect quality of life by causing severe pain, functional impairment, vertebral fractures, nerve root impingement, spinal cord compression and hypercalcaemia. Treatment for ...

The neuro-oncology team at Fred Hutch Cancer Center and UW Medicine has a wide breadth of expertise in both primary brain cancers and in brain and spinal cord metastases. At the Fred Hutch Brain and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The American Society for Radiation Oncology has issued an updated clinical guideline that outlines best ...