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Percutaneous tumor curettage and interstitial delivery of samarium-153 coupled with kyphoplasty for treatment of vertebral metastases
Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, 04/07/09

Cardoso ER et al. - Combined percutaneous debulking of confined vertebral metastases and administration of local 153Sm is feasible and safe. Furthermore, this technique leads to immediate relief of cancer-related pain and may help prevent or slow down the progression of vertebral metastatic tumors.

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Percutaneous CT-Guided Vertebroplasty in the Management of Osteoporotic Fractures and Dorsolumbar Metastases
Orthopedic Clinics of North America, 10/05/09 Relevance Score: 64%

Breast cancer brain metastases: differences in survival depending on biological subtype, RPA RTOG prognostic class and systemic treatment after whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT)
Annals of Oncology, 10/21/09 Relevance Score: 46%

Prediction of vertebral fractures is specific for gender and site of bone mineral density measurement
Journal of Rheumatology, 11/20/09 Relevance Score: 45%

Mycobacterium chelonae Vertebral Osteomyelitis
Southern Medical Journal, 11/10/09 Relevance Score: 45%

The expression of p53, bcl-2, bax, fas and fasL in the primary tumour and lymph node metastases of breast cancer
Acta Oncologica, 11/02/09 Relevance Score: 45%