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Table 3 Severity of neurological deterioration in relation to the type of primary neoplasm

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

Type of neoplasm

Frankel A

Frankel B

Frankel C

Frankel D

Breast cancer

9

13

10

6

Myeloma

6

9

8

3

Kidney cancer

3

6

2

1

Prostate cancer

4

6

1

2

Lymphoma

3

2

1

Lung cancer

1

1

2

Colon cancer

2

Thyroid cancer

1

1

Gastric cancer

1

1

Others

1

5

1