Delayed postoperative radiotherapy increases the incidence of radiographic local tumor progression before radiotherapy and leads to poor prognosis in spinal metastases.

Radiat Oncol · 2021 · PMC7825226 · PMID 33482844

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3.0 ± 1.6, P = 0.086) with borderline significant difference, but it tended to be deteriorated in the PBR group (2.9 ± 1.7 vs. 2.5 ± 1.8, P = 0.531).

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