Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Spinal Tumors

Nearly 20% of cancer patients develop symptomatic spine metastases. Metastatic spine tumors are most commonly extradural tumors that grow quickly and often cause persistent pain, weakness, paresthesias, urinary/bowel dysfunction, and/or paralysis. Surgical intervention aims to achieve more effective...

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Published in:J Palliat Med
Main Authors: Williamson, Theresa, Painter, Brice, Howell, Elizabeth P., Goodwin, C. Rory
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2019
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Palliative Care Specialists Series
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6939587/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30570435
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2018.0608
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