Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression Survival Model | Medical Algorithm

Evaluation

Are you evaluating a patient with metastatic spinal cord compression?

Yes

Does the patient have metastases to nonvertebral bones?

Yes

Does the patient have visceral metastases?

Yes

Is the pateint ambulatory?

Yes

Number of months between diagnosis of the tumor and the spinal cord compression

Time to develop motor deficit before radiation therapy

days

Type of metastatic cancer

Results

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Results Interpretation and Description References Next Steps

Data complete?

Evaluation appropriate?

Total score

Prognostic group

Median survival

Type of radiation therapy to consider

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Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Risk Factors
Clinical Diagnosis, Including Family History For Genetics
Laboratory Tests
- Advanced Cancer Vitamin B12 to C-Reactive Protein (CRP) Ratio
Criteria For Diagnosis
- San Diego Severity Index (SDSI) for Patients with Terminal Cancer
- Models for Predicting Survival in Patient with Advanced Cancer
Severity, Prognosis, Stage
Complications
- San Diego Severity Index (SDSI) for Patients with Terminal Cancer
- Models for Predicting Survival in Patient with Advanced Cancer

Therapy

Selection
- Prognostic Models for Phase I Clinical Trials

Monitoring

Response To Therapy
- Prognostic Models for Phase I Clinical Trials
Disease Progression
- Predictors for Early Death of Older Adult Starting Cancer Chemotherapy

Patient Concerns

End-of-life, Palliative Care

Specialty

Hematology Oncology
Surgery, general

Objective

severity
prognosis
stage
response to therapy
end-of-life
palliative care
interventional radiology

ICD-10

C00-C14 - Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx
C15-C26 - Malignant neoplasms of digestive organs
C30-C39 - Malignant neoplasms of respiratory and intrathoracic organs
C40-C41 - Malignant neoplasms of bone and articular cartilage
C43-C44 - Melanoma and other malignant neoplasms of skin
C45-C49 - Malignant neoplasms of mesothelial and soft tissue
C50-C50 - Malignant neoplasm of breast
C51-C58 - Malignant neoplasms of female genital organs
C60-C63 - Malignant neoplasms of male genital organs
C64-C68 - Malignant neoplasms of urinary tract
C69-C72 - Malignant neoplasms of eye, brain and other parts of central nervous system
C73-C75 - Malignant neoplasms of thyroid and other endocrine glands
C76-C80 - Malignant neoplasms of ill-defined, secondary and unspecified sites
C81-C96 - Malignant neoplasms, stated or presumed to be primary, of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissu
C97-C97 - Malignant neoplasms of independent (primary) multiple sites

Survival Model for Patient Undergoing Radiotherapy for Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression

Purpose: To predict survival in a patient undergoing radiation therapy for metastatic spinal cord compression using the score of Rades et al.