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Surgical decompression improves recovery from neurological deficit and may provide a survival benefit in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma-associated spinal cord compression: a case-series study

BACKGROUND: Malignancy-associated spinal cord compression is generally treated by surgical decompression, radiotherapy or a combination of both. Since diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is highly sensitive to both chemotherapy and radiotherapy, the role of surgical decompression in the treatment...

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Autores principales: Chang, Ching-Ming, Chen, Hung-Chieh, Yang, Youngsen, Wang, Ren-Ching, Hwang, Wen-Li, Teng, Chieh-Lin Jerry
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3695776/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23601178
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-11-90

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