Spinal metastases are the most frequently encountered spinal tumour and can affect up to
50% of cancer patients. Both the incidence and prevalence of metastases are thought to be …

Despite the rapid elaboration of multiple, novel systemic agents introduced for metastatic
renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) in recent years, a durable complete response remains elusive …

Purpose To assess whether preoperative transcatheter arterial embolization of spinal
metastases reduces blood loss, the need for transfusion with allogeneic red blood cells …

Management of patients with spine tumors requires a multidisciplinary team that includes a
medical and radiation oncologist and a spine surgeon. Newer surgical techniques that …

Involvement of the spine by primary and secondary tumors can be associated with
mechanical instability, pain, and neurologic complications, all of which can adversely affect …

Objective Debate on the effectiveness of preoperative embolization for spinal metastatic
lesions, especially for nonhypervascular tumors, has persisted. The present study aimed to …

Background Preoperative embolization (PE) may decrease intraoperative blood loss (IBL) in
decompressive surgery of hypervascular spinal metastases. However, no consensus has …

BACKGROUND: Preoperative embolization decreases the intraoperative risk of hemorrhage
in spinal decompression surgery of hypervascular metastases such as renal cell carcinoma …

Management of patients with bone metastasis is complex and should include different
specialties. Goals of therapy should be identified for each individual patient prior to the start …

Study Design. A retrospective study. Objective. To investigate the relationship between
intraoperative blood loss during spinal metastasis surgery and the surgical delay after …