Open Access<p>Surgical Treatment of Spinal Cord Compression Caused by Metastatic Small Cell Lung Cancer: Ten Years of Experience in a Single Center</p>
Author(s) -
Xīn Gào,
Kun Zhang,
Shuang Cao,
Shuming Hou,
Tao Wang,
Wen Guo,
Zheyu Wu,
Qi Jia,
Tielong Liu,
Jianru Xiao
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cancer management and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.024
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 1179-1322
DOI - 10.2147/cmar.s250422
Subject(s) - medicine , spinal cord compression , proportional hazards model , quality of life (healthcare) , performance status , lung cancer , single center , immunotherapy , oncology , retrospective cohort study , surgery , spinal cord , cancer , nursing , psychiatry
Metastatic spinal cord compression (SCC) secondary to small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a disastrous oncological emergency, but it is poorly understood due to the small numbers of patients and their short survival times. Whether patients suffered from SCC caused by metastatic SCLC benefit from spinal surgery remains unknown. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of surgical treatment and prognostic factors in patients with SCC caused by metastatic SCLC.