Do elderly patients benefit from surgery in addition to radiotherapy for treatment of metastatic spinal cord compression?

D Rades; S Huttenlocher; J N Evers; Amira Bajrovic; J H Karstens; V Rudat; S E Schild

Do elderly patients benefit from surgery in addition to radiotherapy for treatment of metastatic spinal cord compression?

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Do elderly patients benefit from surgery in addition to radiotherapy for treatment of metastatic spinal cord compression? / Rades, D; Huttenlocher, S; Evers, J N; Bajrovic, Amira; Karstens, J H; Rudat, V; Schild, S E.

In: STRAHLENTHER ONKOL, Vol. 188, No. 5, 5, 2012, p. 424-430.

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Harvard

Rades, D, Huttenlocher, S, Evers, JN, Bajrovic, A, Karstens, JH, Rudat, V & Schild, SE 2012, 'Do elderly patients benefit from surgery in addition to radiotherapy for treatment of metastatic spinal cord compression?', STRAHLENTHER ONKOL, vol. 188, no. 5, 5, pp. 424-430. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22349635?dopt=Citation>

APA

Rades, D., Huttenlocher, S., Evers, J. N., Bajrovic, A., Karstens, J. H., Rudat, V., & Schild, S. E. (2012). Do elderly patients benefit from surgery in addition to radiotherapy for treatment of metastatic spinal cord compression? STRAHLENTHER ONKOL, 188(5), 424-430. [5]. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22349635?dopt=Citation

Vancouver

Rades D, Huttenlocher S, Evers JN, Bajrovic A, Karstens JH, Rudat V et al. Do elderly patients benefit from surgery in addition to radiotherapy for treatment of metastatic spinal cord compression? STRAHLENTHER ONKOL. 2012;188(5):424-430. 5.

Bibtex

@article{1253cecaf3b9454088011ab02e1841bf,

title = "Do elderly patients benefit from surgery in addition to radiotherapy for treatment of metastatic spinal cord compression?",

abstract = "Treatment of elderly cancer patients has gained importance. One question regarding the treatment of metastatic spinal cord compression (MSCC) is whether elderly patients benefit from surgery in addition to radiotherapy? In attempting to answer this question, we performed a matched-pair analysis comparing surgery followed by radiotherapy to radiotherapy alone.",

keywords = "Humans, Male, Aged, Female, Treatment Outcome, Survival Analysis, Matched-Pair Analysis, *Neoplasms/complications/radiotherapy/surgery, *Radiotherapy, Spinal Cord Compression/*etiology/*surgery, Humans, Male, Aged, Female, Treatment Outcome, Survival Analysis, Matched-Pair Analysis, *Neoplasms/complications/radiotherapy/surgery, *Radiotherapy, Spinal Cord Compression/*etiology/*surgery",

author = "D Rades and S Huttenlocher and Evers, {J N} and Amira Bajrovic and Karstens, {J H} and V Rudat and Schild, {S E}",

year = "2012",

language = "English",

volume = "188",

pages = "424--430",

journal = "STRAHLENTHER ONKOL",

issn = "0179-7158",

publisher = "Urban und Vogel",

number = "5",