A new and simple scoring system to predict overall survival after irradiation for metastatic spinal cord compression.

Pablo NenclaresS GuardadoL AsiáinM Á Pérez-EscutiaM C PeñaA BartoloméA RuízM Á CabezaM ColmeneroN GascónV RodríguezR PradosR D AmbrosiJ F Pérez-Regadera

Published in: Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico (2019)

Patients with scores between 19 and 24 points were found to survive longer, thus a long-course RT appears to be more appropriate.

Keyphrases

spinal cord
squamous cell carcinoma
small cell lung cancer
spinal cord injury
neuropathic pain
radiation induced