P151 Therapeutic alternatives in follicular lymphoma in advanced state, in elderly people

✍ Scribed by G. Gaman; A. Gaman; C. Moisa

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 66 KB
• Volume: 21
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0268-960X
• DOI: 10.1016/s0268-960x(07)70230-8

✦ Synopsis

The improvement of life quality (evaluated by the Oswestry Disability index), the pain relief using the visual analog scale and the changes in the neurological status are presented. Conclusion: Surgical treatment of multiple myeloma of the spine seems to be an effective method to relieve pain and improve life quality which is very important rather than patients with multiple myeloma have much better survival perspectives than with vertebral metastasis from other malignancies.