ReviewOrthopaedic surgery2016
Surgery Combined with Radiotherapy to Treat Spinal Tumors: A Review of Published Reports.
Review in Orthopaedic surgery, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- A retrospective case series of primary spinal tumours at the national spinal injuries unit.Irish journal of medical science · 2026Article
- Outcomes of Radiotherapy for Osseous Echinococcosis of Meriones meridianus.BioMed research international · 2020Article
- A Narrative Review of Pediatric Nontraumatic Spinal Cord Dysfunction.Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation · 2019Review
- Thoracic aggressive vertebral hemangioma with neurologic deficit: A retrospective cohort study.Medicine · 2018Article
- Review of the History of Non-traumatic Spinal Cord Dysfunction.Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation · 2017Review
- Thoracic Vertebral Hemangioma with Spinal Cord Compression: Multidisciplinary Surgical Treatment and Follow-up of Six Patients.Orthopaedic surgery · 2016Article
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- Impact of proton vs. photon radiotherapy on overall survival in the management of spinal chondrosarcoma and mortality risk prediction: A nationwide analysis.Neuro-oncology advancesArticle
- Is multimodal approach the preferable strategy for vertebral hemangioma management: Our experience with case series of nine patients.Journal of craniovertebral junction & spineArticle
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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Spinal tumors result in high morbidity and a high rate of lower limb paralysis. Both surgical therapy and radiation therapy (RT) are used to treat spinal tumors; however, how best to combine these two therapies to maximize the benefits and minimize the risks is still being debated. It is also difficult to decide the optimal timing, course and dose of RT, especially in pregnant women and children. The aim of this review is to assist surgeons who are dealing with spinal tumors by providing comprehensive information about advanced techniques for administering RT with greater precision and safety, and about the impact of various ways of combining surgery and RT on therapeutic outcomes. We here review published reports about treating spinal tumors with a combination of these two forms of therapy and attempt to draw appropriate conclusions concerning selection of optimal treatment protocols. Our conclusion is that postoperative radiotherapy, especially with high-precision, low-dose and multiple fractions, and brachytherapy are promising therapies to combined with surgery.
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