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Spinal cord cancer

MedGen UID:
56317
•Concept ID:
C0153646
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonym: Spinal Cord Neoplasms, Malignant
SNOMED CT: Malignant tumor of spinal cord (363475005)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0003544

Definition

A primary or metastatic malignant neoplasm affecting the spinal cord. Representative examples include lymphoma, melanoma, and sarcoma. [from NCI]

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A color-coded orthotopic nude-mouse treatment model of brain-metastatic paralyzing spinal cord cancer that induces angiogenesis and neurogenesis.
Hayashi K, Yamauchi K, Yamamoto N, Tsuchiya H, Tomita K, Bouvet M, Wessels J, Hoffman RM
Cell Prolif 2009 Feb;42(1):75-82. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2184.2008.00574.x. PMID: 19143765Free PMC Article

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Etiology

Incidence of brain and spinal cord cancer and county-level radon levels in New Jersey, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Iowa, USA.
Monastero RN, Meliker JR
Environ Geochem Health 2020 Feb;42(2):389-395. Epub 2019 Jul 16 doi: 10.1007/s10653-019-00368-6. PMID: 31309376
Targeted therapy of spinal cord glioma with a genetically modified Salmonella typhimurium.
Kimura H, Zhang L, Zhao M, Hayashi K, Tsuchiya H, Tomita K, Bouvet M, Wessels J, Hoffman RM
Cell Prolif 2010 Feb;43(1):41-8. Epub 2009 Nov 18 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2184.2009.00652.x. PMID: 19922490Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Incidence of brain and spinal cord cancer and county-level radon levels in New Jersey, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Iowa, USA.
Monastero RN, Meliker JR
Environ Geochem Health 2020 Feb;42(2):389-395. Epub 2019 Jul 16 doi: 10.1007/s10653-019-00368-6. PMID: 31309376
Pediatric spinal glioblastoma of the conus medullaris: a case report of long survival.
Cacchione A, Mastronuzzi A, Cefalo MG, Colafati GS, Diomedi-Camassei F, Rizzi M, De Benedictis A, Carai A
Chin J Cancer 2016 May 9;35:44. doi: 10.1186/s40880-016-0107-1. PMID: 27160742Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Incidence of brain and spinal cord cancer and county-level radon levels in New Jersey, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Iowa, USA.
Monastero RN, Meliker JR
Environ Geochem Health 2020 Feb;42(2):389-395. Epub 2019 Jul 16 doi: 10.1007/s10653-019-00368-6. PMID: 31309376
Pediatric spinal glioblastoma of the conus medullaris: a case report of long survival.
Cacchione A, Mastronuzzi A, Cefalo MG, Colafati GS, Diomedi-Camassei F, Rizzi M, De Benedictis A, Carai A
Chin J Cancer 2016 May 9;35:44. doi: 10.1186/s40880-016-0107-1. PMID: 27160742Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Incidence of brain and spinal cord cancer and county-level radon levels in New Jersey, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Iowa, USA.
Monastero RN, Meliker JR
Environ Geochem Health 2020 Feb;42(2):389-395. Epub 2019 Jul 16 doi: 10.1007/s10653-019-00368-6. PMID: 31309376

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