The Role of Palliative Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Spinal Bone Metastases from Head and Neck Tumors—A Multicenter Analysis of a Rare Event

The Role of Palliative Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Spinal Bone Metastases from Head and Neck Tumors—A Multicenter Analysis of a Rare Event

This retrospective multi-center analysis aimed to assess the clinical response and stabilizing effects of palliative radiotherapy (RT) for spinal bone metastases (SBM) in head and neck cancer (HNC), and to establish potential predictive factors for stability and overall survival (OS). Patients inclu...

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Main Authors: Tilman Bostel, Alexander Rühle, Tilmann Rackwitz, Arnulf Mayer, Tristan Klodt, Laura Oebel, Robert Förster, Ingmar Schlampp, Daniel Wollschläger, Harald Rief, Tanja Sprave, Jürgen Debus, Anca-Ligia Grosu, Heinz Schmidberger, Sati Akbaba, Nils Henrik Nicolay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-07-01
Series:Cancers
Subjects:
spinal bone metastases
instability
head and neck cancer
radiotherapy
SINS
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/12/7/1950

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