ArticleMolecular and clinical oncology2020
Surgery for spinal metastatic tumors: Prognostication systems in clinical practice (Review).
Article in Molecular and clinical oncology, 2020. 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.
- [Surgical management of spinal metastases].Orthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2026Review
- Efficacy and safety of lumbopelvic fixation in spinal metastasis comparing S2 Alar-iliac screw and conventional iliac screw.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2025Article
- Six-Month Survivorship Prediction in Spinal Metastatic Patients by Oncologists Shows Reliable Prognostication.Global spine journal · 2025Article
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- The outcome of spine metastatic after surgery: a case series.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2023Article
- Vertebral Primary Bone Lesions: Review of Management Options.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2023Review
- Can patients with gallbladder adenocarcinoma and liver metastases obtain survival benefit from surgery? A population-based study.Updates in surgery · 2022Article
- Ten Years After SINS: Role of Surgery and Radiotherapy in the Management of Patients With Vertebral Metastases.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Review
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Abstract
The management of spinal metastatic tumors is a matter of increasing clinical importance, as 20-40% of cancer patients have evidence of vertebral metastatic disease at the time of their passing and up to 20% develop neurological symptoms due to epidural spinal cord compression. The treatment of patients with spinal metastases is challenging, albeit palliative, and it requires a multidisciplinary approach. Accurate prediction of life expectancy of patients with cancer is of paramount importance for therapeutic strategy. Prognostication scoring systems were developed to aid clinicians to follow a more objective, safe and evidence-based approach with therapy selection and surgical intervention indications. In this context, the aim of the present review was to briefly discuss the evolution of scoring systems since their introduction in the early 90s until today, their advantages and shortcomings, and the future requirements for personalized scoring in the era of modern oncology.
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