State of the art treatment of spinal metastatic disease

O Barzilai, CG Fisher, MH Bilsky - Neurosurgery, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Treatment paradigms for patients with spine metastases have evolved significantly
over the past decade. Incorporating stereotactic radiosurgery into these paradigms has been …

Diagnosis and management of metastatic spine disease: a review

DM Sciubba, RJ Petteys, MB Dekutoski… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2010 - thejns.org
With continued growth of the elderly population and improvements in cancer therapies, the
number of patients with symptomatic spinal metastases is likely to increase, and this is a …

The NOMS framework: approach to the treatment of spinal metastatic tumors

I Laufer, DG Rubin, E Lis, BW Cox… - The …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Background. Spinal metastases frequently arise in patients with cancer. Modern oncology
provides numerous treatment options that include effective systemic, radiation, and surgical …

RTOG 0631 phase 2/3 study of image guided stereotactic radiosurgery for localized (1-3) spine metastases: phase 2 results

S Ryu, SL Pugh, PC Gerszten, FF Yin… - Practical radiation …, 2014 - Elsevier
Purpose The phase 2 component of Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) 0631
assessed the feasibility and safety of spine radiosurgery (SRS) for localized spine …

Radially aligned, electrospun nanofibers as dural substitutes for wound closure and tissue regeneration applications

J **e, MR MacEwan, WZ Ray, W Liu, DY Siewe, Y **a - ACS nano, 2010 - ACS Publications
This paper reports the fabrication of scaffolds consisting of radially aligned poly (ε-
caprolactone) nanofibers by utilizing a collector composed of a central point electrode and a …

Radiotherapy and radiosurgery for metastatic spine disease: what are the options, indications, and outcomes?

PC Gerszten, E Mendel, Y Yamada - Spine, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Systematic literature review. Objective. To determine the options, indications,
and outcomes for conventional radiotherapy and radiosurgery for metastatic spine disease …

Stereotactic body radiation therapy for management of spinal metastases in patients without spinal cord compression: a phase 1–2 trial

XS Wang, LD Rhines, AS Shiu, JN Yang… - The lancet …, 2012 - thelancet.com
Background Spinal stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is increasingly used to
manage spinal metastases, yet the technique's effectiveness in controlling the symptom …

Integrating evidence-based medicine for treatment of spinal metastases into a decision framework: neurologic, oncologic, mechanicals stability, and systemic disease

O Barzilai, I Laufer, Y Yamada, DS Higginson… - Journal of clinical …, 2017 - ascopubs.org
Patients with cancer are frequently affected by spinal metastases. Treatment is palliative,
with the principle goals of pain relief, preservation of neurologic function, and improvement …

A survey of stereotactic body radiotherapy use in the United States

H Pan, DR Simpson, LK Mell, AJ Mundt, JD Lawson - Cancer, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is a technique used to deliver high,
ablative doses of radiation in a limited number of fractions to≥ 1 extracranial target (s). To …

Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for oligometastatic spine metastases: an overview

KL Zeng, CL Tseng, H Soliman, Y Weiss… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The oligometastatic state is hypothesized to represent an intermediary state of cancer
between widely metastatic disease and curable, localized disease. Advancements in …