Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

CiteULike is a free service for managing and discovering scholarly references - click here to get started.

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
Palliative Medicine
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Kramer, J. A
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Kramer, J. A
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

Spinal cord compression in malignancy

Jocelyn A Kramer

Palliative Care Service, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia

The prevalence, pathophysiology and clinical features of spinal cord compression are reviewed, with particular emphasis on the diagnostic challenge presented by the patient with metastatic disease, back pain and normal neurological findings. Methods of investigation and treatment options are reviewed. Interdisciplinary collaboration is essential in formulating treatment decisions and evaluating outcomes. Palliative medicine physicians need to be aware of the possible benefits available to patients from a positive approach to the diagnosis and treatment of spinal cord compression.

Key Words: neoplasms • neoplasm metastases • spinal canal • spinal cord compression • palliative treatment

Palliative Medicine, Vol. 6, No. 3, 202-211 (1992)
DOI: 10.1177/026921639200600304
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?