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Improvement of Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression After Decompression Surgery and Radiotherapy in a Patient Initially Treated for Rectal Cancer

Many reports indicate that the prognosis of patients with rectal cancer who have thoracic spine metastases with spinal cord compression is poor. Here, we discuss a case of a patient who achieved an improvement of functional prognosis and long-term survival after undergoing surgery and radiotherapy....

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Autores principales: Utsumi, Nobuko, Kurosaki, Hiromasa, Miura, Kosei, Baba, Satoshi, Koyama, Yoshin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8846261/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35186512
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21134