2 results match your criteria: "Norway. olga.zaikova@oslo-universitetssykehus.no[Affiliation]"
Radiotherapy or surgery for spine metastases?
Acta Orthop
June 2011
Department of Orthopaedics, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Background And Purpose: Radiotherapy (RT) remains the cornerstone of management of spine metastases (SM), even though surgery is a well-established treatment for selected patients. We compared the use of RT and surgery in a population-based cohort of patients with SM, investigated pre-treatment factors that were associated with use of these treatment modalities, and examined survival.
Patients And Methods: 903 patients in the south-eastern Norway who were admitted for RT or surgery for SM for the first time during an 18-month period in 2007-2008 were identified and their medical records were reviewed.
Pain after palliative radiotherapy for spine metastases.
Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol)
December 2010
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital, Montebello, Norway.
Aims: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the response to palliative radiotherapy in patients with painful spinal metastatic disease (SMD).
Materials And Methods: Three hundred and fifty-five patients admitted to the Norwegian Radium Hospital for radiotherapy for painful SMD were included in a prospective study and were followed up 2 months later. The Brief Pain Inventory was used to assess pain.