Predictors of overall survival in non-small-cell lung cancer patients with metastatic spinal cord compression treated with short-course radiotherapy.

Gustavo Telles da SilvaThaís Gomes Pereira da CostaCamila Martins De BessaMauro Musa ZamboniAnke Bergmann Luiz Claudio Santos Thuler

Published in: European journal of cancer care (2021)

This study found worse PS and higher age are independent predictors of overall survival in NSCLC patients with MSCC treated with short-course radiotherapy after adjusting the potential confounding factors (PS, age and target therapy).

Keyphrases

spinal cord
early stage
locally advanced
radiation therapy
small cell lung cancer
radiation induced
free survival
squamous cell carcinoma
stem cells
rectal cancer
mesenchymal stem cells
climate change