title: Treatment of metastatic spinal cord compression: an unsettled issue.
abstract: Spinal cord compression as an oncological complication is presented. The benefits of radiation therapy, as either an alternative or an addition to surgery, are discussed, as well as the most frequently affected sites of cord compression.
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*