Palliative care 2016

Spinal cord compression -> survival & outcome

• Rades et al • N= 274 • N= 136, prognostic • N= 55, spinal cord prognostic

• Prognostische factoren

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tumor type

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interval tumor diagnosis to MSCC

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visceral metastases

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pre-RT motor function

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time developing motor deficits

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no other bone metastases

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number of involved vertebrae

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RT dose

36