Spinal cord compression in small cell lung cancer: a retrospective study of 610 patients.

The records of 610 consecutive patients with small cell lung cancer, treated on a common protocol in a multicentre trial, were reviewed and 24 (4%) cases of spinal cord compression identified. Five hundred patients had isotope bone scans performed at presentation, and in 131 (26%) there was abnormal...

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Main Authors: Goldman, J. M., Ash, C. M., Souhami, R. L., Geddes, D. M., Harper, P. G., Spiro, S. G., Tobias, J. S.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 1989
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2247127/