However, Szerlip says much more data are needed to continue to develop best practices and prove that current efforts are most effective.
"Identifying which patients should get these treatments is also difficult," he says. The researchers are working with oncologists to help determine who will live long enough to benefit from these procedures.
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He says basic science research will be important to continue to develop treatments specifically for spine metastases, because they develop differently than other metastases.
Jessica Webster Sendra contributed to this report.
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