Spinal cord compression (SCC) occurs in 5% to 30% of the oncology population and affects patient function, comfort, and general quality of life. Patients with lung cancer, breast cancer ...

thoracic, and lumbar myelopathy can overlap. This is because spinal compression can block the transmission of nerve signals traveling from the brain down the entire length of the spinal cord.

This condition involves a spinal curvature that was impacting 9-month-old Harper’s other organs, including her thoracic ... with that was a compression of her spinal cord,” Dr. Christman ...

Only rarely, however, does such a hemangioma cause spinal-cord compression. Myelocompression by hemangioma of the cervical vertebral bodies is particularly unusual. Since early recognition and ...

The APN can favorably affect a patient's quality of life through timely recognition of early signs and symptoms of SCC. The current emphasis on pain control for oncology patients ought to increase ...