Depending on your health, you may be at a higher risk for minor bone fractures. In this edition of ‘Health in Focus’, we talk with from about spinal compression fractures, and who is at risk for this ...

Spinal cord compression is a debilitating condition that many patients with advanced cancer experience. Until now, patients often had to spend multiple days traveling back and forth to undergo ...

Spinal cord compression (SCC) occurs in 5% to 30% of the oncology population and affects patient function, comfort, and general quality of life. Patients with lung cancer, breast cancer, prostate ...

This week we are going to discuss a fracture of the spine which occurs many times spontaneously as a result of osteoporosis. The spinal compression fracture is a fracture of the vertebral body (the ...

Baseline to 1 month change in short-form-36 (SF-36) PCS scale by treatment group Study powered to detect 0.5 SD for 1-month difference; 80% power with two-sided of 5% (75 participants per group).

UCSF Medical Center has opened the new UCSF Spine Center, which brings together specialists with expertise in treating adult and pediatric spinal disorders. “One of the Center’s defining strengths is ...

PURPOSE: To report on the treatment of patients with newly diagnosed neuroblastoma presenting with spinal cord compression (SCC). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Of 1,462 children with neuroblastoma registered ...

Scientists have shown an existing drug may reduce damage after spinal cord injury, by blocking the inflammatory response in the spinal cord. Scientists from the University of Birmingham have shown an ...

Controlled clinical trial of interferon-gamma as postoperative surgical adjuvant therapy for colon cancer. Over a 5-year period (1989 to 1993), a total of 110 patients underwent surgery. Fifty-five ...

For patients with spinal stenosis, operative treatment is associated with a lower risk of death and lower costs over two years, compared with nonoperative treatment, suggests a study in the February ...