title: Direct decompressive surgical resection in the treatment of spinal cord compression caused by metastatic cancer: a randomized trial.
authors.affiliation: Walton Centre for Neurology & Neurosurgery, Liverpool, UK.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Hunter
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Wigfield
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery