The Brain and Spine Metastases Clinic at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center allows for close collaboration between spinal surgeons and radiation oncologists. Together, these specialists offer rapid ...

Stereotactic body radiotherapy more than doubled the complete response rate. Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) was superior to external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) for alleviating pain in cancer ...

Statement 1 This statement has been removed. For more details, see update information. Statement 2 Adults with spinal pain suggestive of spinal metastases, but with no neurological symptoms or signs, ...

Doctors can use MRI to examine a person’s lower spine, lumbar region, and surrounding tissues. MRI of the spine can show spinal alignment, lumbar disk herniation, inflammation, and more. MRI is a ...

Acute compression of the spinal cord is a devastating but treatable disorder. Diseases that cause acute spinal cord compression constitute a special category because they originate in the spinal ...

An MRI scan uses magnets and radio waves to capture images inside your body without making a surgical incision. The scan allows your doctor to see the soft tissue of your body, like muscles and organs ...

Knowing a patient's symptoms helps radiologists in lumbar spine MRI interpretation and diagnosis, according to a study published today in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Clinicians rarely made therapeutic modifications based on MRI and lumbar puncture results. EEGs may be ...

MRI scans are not recommended as part of routine care in spondyloarthritis, but are often performed anyway. For patients who may benefit from such scans, it's unclear whether including the spine as ...

There was conflicting evidence about implementing clinical care pathways, with 1 study suggesting that care pathways improved outcomes and another suggesting they had no clear benefit. Based on their ...