Single‐fraction radiotherapy (8 Gy) vs short‐course radiotherapy (16 Gy
Adverse events Grade 3 oesophagitis, diarrhoea and nausea · adults with metastatic extradural spinal cord compression (poor prognosis with visceral metastasis, and no spinal instability or bony…
Single‐fraction radiotherapy (8 Gy) showed no clear difference in adverse events Grade 3 oesophagitis, diarrhoea and nausea compared with short‐course radiotherapy (16 Gy (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Interventions for the treatment of metastatic extradural spinal cord compression in adults 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 0.14 [0.01, 2.69]1 study · 303 participantsModerate