Role of epidural disease in local control of spinal metastases treated with stereotactic body radiation therapy.

Spinal metastases can be contained in the bone or have epidural spread. Whether the extent of epidural involvement changes tumor response to therapy is unknown. The decision of when to treat disease progression with focal radiation therapy with or without surgery vs.

Risk factors of emergency department visits following elective cervical and lumbar surgical procedures: a multi-institution analysis from the Michigan Spine Surgery Improvement Collaborative.

Objective: Emergency department visits 90 days after elective spinal surgery are relatively common, with rates ranging from 9% to 29%. Emergency visits are very costly, so their reduction is of importance. This study's objective was to evaluate the reasons for emergency department visits and determine potentially modifiable risk factors.

Patients with progression of spinal metastases who present to the clinic have better outcomes compared to those who present to the emergency department.

Background: As cancer therapies have improved, spinal metastases are increasingly common. Resulting complications have a significant impact on patient's quality of life. Optimal methods of surveillance and avoidance of neurologic deficits are understudied.

Local Control in Patients with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma to the Spine: The Experience of an Institution with a Multidisciplinary Spine Oncology Program.

Background: The outcomes for patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) to the spine who underwent stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) through a multidisciplinary spine oncology program are not well described. We sought to describe the clinical course and local control rates at 1 and 2 years for these patients.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of a prospectively maintained database of adult oncologic patients receiving SBRT to the spine through a multidisciplinary spine oncology program at a single institution from 2010 to 2021 was performed.

Bone metastasis from glioblastoma: a systematic review.

Introduction: Glioblastoma (GBM) is a devastating disease with poor overall survival. Despite the common occurrence of GBM among primary brain tumors, metastatic disease is rare. Our goal was to perform a systematic literature review on GBM with osseous metastases and understand the rate of metastasis to the vertebral column as compared to the remainder of the skeleton, and how this histology would fit into our current paradigm of treatment for bone metastases.