Early detection and treatment of spinal
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Dr Lawrence D. Rodichok; John C. Ruckdeschel; Gregory R. Harper; Gregory Cooper;
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Article
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1986
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Spinal epidural metastases were detected in 75 of 140 cancer patients with back pain who were evaluated prospectively by clinical criteria, spine roentgenography, and bone scan. Fifty-five of the 75 patients with epidural metastases had no evidence of myelopathy when diagnosed. Of the patients diagn