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Table 2 The mean duration time from spine metastases discovery to neurological deficits occurrence

From: Analysis of factors delaying the surgical treatment of patients with neurological deficits in the course of spinal metastatic disease

Type of neoplasm

The mean duration time from metastatic spine disease diagnosis to neurological deficits occurrence (months)

Breast cancer

26

Myeloma

5

Kidney cancer

14

Prostate cancer

31

Lymphoma

7

Lung cancer

3

Colon cancer

21

Thyroid cancer

31

Gastric cancer

3

Others

6