Radiation during surgery for spinal metastases
Part of Bones, joints & muscles, Cancer, Pain clinical trials.
This trial tests giving radiation treatment directly during surgery to remove spinal tumors. For people with cancer that has spread to the spine, this approach might help relieve pain and improve quality of life.
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Who can take part
- You have cancer that has spread to your spine.
- Your doctor expects you to live for more than 3 months.
- Your spine is unstable, based on a special score called SINS (a measure of how much the cancer is affecting spinal stability).
- You are healthy enough to undergo surgery.
- You have only one place in your spine where the tumor presses on the spinal cord.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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