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The results of radiation therapy for multiple myeloma metastases to the cervical spine that cause clinical or radiographically documented instability have not been reported previously.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A retrospective chart review of patients with multiple myeloma metastases to the cervical spine was undertaken. Between 1993 and 2005, 35 patients were treated with external-beam radiation and\/or surgical stabilization at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Nineteen of 20 patients with sufficient follow-up data experienced resolution of their pain when treated with radiation without surgical intervention. Twenty-three patients had evidence of spinal instability on radiographic images; 15 of these were treated with radiation alone. Of these, 10 had sufficient follow-up data, and none showed any clinical progression of instability. Radiographic follow-up images demonstrated an arrest of further progression of instability and, in some cases, healing of pathological fractures by means of radiation alone.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The results of this series suggest that, in selected cases, external-beam radiation for multiple myeloma metastases to the cervical spine is an effective palliative treatment, even in cases involving clinical or radiographically documented instability.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3171\/spi.2006.5.2.140","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2008,1,24]],"date-time":"2008-01-24T07:21:36Z","timestamp":1201159296000},"page":"140-145","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":42,"title":["Multiple myeloma of the cervical spine: treatment strategies for pain and spinal instability"],"prefix":"10.3171","volume":"5","author":[{"given":"Ganesh","family":"Rao","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Departments of Neurosurgery and Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas M. 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