Metastatic spinal cord compression in non-small cell lung cancer patients. Prognostic factors in a series of 356 patients.

  • D Rades
  • S Douglas
  • T Veninga
  • Amira Bajrovic
  • L J A Stalpers
  • P J Hoskin
  • V Rudat
  • S E Schild

Abstract

Patients with metastatic spinal cord compression (MSCC) from non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have an unfavorable prognosis compared to most other MSCC patients. This study was performed to identify prognostic factors for functional outcome and survival in these patients after radiotherapy (RT) alone.

Bibliographical data

Original languageEnglish
Article number6
ISSN0179-7158
Publication statusPublished - 2012
pubmed 22361746