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Repeat reirradiation of the spinal cord: multi-national expert treatment recommendations.

Carsten NiederLaurie E GasparDirk De RuysscherMatthias GuckenbergerMinesh P MehtaChad G RusthovenArjun SahgalEleni Gkika
Published in: Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] (2018)
The increasing body of literature about bone metastases and spinal cord reirradiation has encouraged some expert RO to offer palliative reirradiation with cumulative cord doses above 75 Gy EQD2; however, no consensus was achieved. Strategies for harmonization of clinical practice and development of evidence-based dose constraints are discussed.
Keyphrases
  • clinical practice
  • spinal cord
  • spinal cord injury
  • neuropathic pain
  • systematic review
  • palliative care
  • advanced cancer
  • combination therapy