Potential harms of interventions for spinal metastatic disease
Abstract
This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows:
The primary objective of this review is to compare the potential harms of treatment for spinal metastatic disease for the following treatments:
1. Surgical intervention.
2. Surgical intervention with radiation therapy.
3. Radiation therapy alone.
Our secondary objectives are:
1. comparing the harms of different surgical methods;
2. comparing the harms between different radiation protocols.