Surgical Impacts of Metastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer to the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine

CONCLUSION: Postoperative chemotherapy was the most critical factor in OS of patients with metastatic NSCLC to the spine. An extensive surgical procedure (corpectomy/spondylectomy) with stabilization also could be beneficial for limited patients with spinal metastasis of NSCLC.PMID:33619918 | PMC:PMC7900527 | DOI:10.3346/jkms.2021.36.e52
Source: Journal of Korean Medical Science - Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Source Type: research