Silvia Terzi, Federica Trentin, Cristiana Griffoni, Elisa Carretta, Stefano Bandiera, Cristina Ferrari, Fabio Vita, Alberto Righi, Margherita Maioli, Dario De Biase, Annalisa Monetta, Giovanni Barbanti Brodano, Gisberto Evangelisti, Marco Girolami, Valerio Pipola, Marco Gambarotti, Alessandro Gasbarrini
Lung cancer is the second most frequently diagnosed cancer in the world, and surgery is an integral part of the treatment for spinal metastases. The aims of this retrospective study were to assess the overall survival of surgically treated patients affected by lung cancer spinal metastases and identify any factors related to a better survival rate. We recruited 56 consecutive patients (34 male and 22 female) surgically treated for metastatic lung cancer in the spine from 2009 to 2019. Surgical indications were based on a previously published and validated flow chart following a multidisciplinary evaluation...
June 16, 2023: Diagnostics