Radiotherapy for metastatic spinal cord compression; can the Rades score predict survival?

Published in: Asia-Pacific journal of clinical oncology (2019)

Overall survival at our centre is consistent with other published series. The Rades score is valid for predicting more prolonged survival in our population and could be used in selecting patients for longer radiotherapy courses.

Keyphrases

spinal cord
early stage
end stage renal disease
free survival
ejection fraction
locally advanced
newly diagnosed
squamous cell carcinoma
radiation therapy
small cell lung cancer
chronic kidney disease
radiation induced
spinal cord injury
neuropathic pain
patient reported