Table 2

Treatment of spinal epidural metastases

		Patients who developed RSEM
		All patients (n=103)	1st SEM (n=21)	1st recurrence (n=21)	2nd recurrence (n=11)
Radiotherapy^2-150	90	17	12	4
Chemotherapy^2-150	25	4	7	5
Surgery^2-151	6^2-152	3^2-152	4	1
Hormonal therapy^2-150	6	3	2	1
Dexamethasone alone	2
No treatment	1			1

SEM = spinal epidural metastasis; RSEM = recurrent spinal epidural metastasis.
↵2-150 Alone or in combination.
↵2-151 Anterior spinal body fusion, laminectomy or both.
↵2-152 In combination with radiotherapy.