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How do you manage a spinal intramedullary metastasis following resection?

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Radiation Oncology · University of Arizona

Complete surgical removal (gross total resection) of an intramedullary metastasis may not be possible without damaging normal spinal cord tissue, especially for more infiltrative tumors. Postoperative radiation therapy is therefore used to treat any residual tumor cells that were left behind to pres...

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