Spinal Cord Compression

Janet Abrahm, MD, FACP, FAAHPM, FASCO

Could you miss these clues? Deceptive presentations of Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression

April 2026

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Foley KM.

Cancer Pain Syndromes

J Pain Symptom Manage 1987;2:S13-17

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Janet Abrahm, MD, FACP, FAAHPM, FASCO

HPMQ Video on Spinal Compression

Published in American Association of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

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Lawton AJ., Lee KA, et al.

Assessment and Management of Patients With Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression: A Multidisciplinary Review

Journal of Clinical Oncology 2019 37: 61-71

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Abrahm JL, Banffy MB, Mitchel MB.

Spinal Cord Compression in Patients With Advanced Metastatic Cancer: “All I Care About is Walking and Living My Life.”

JAMA 2008;299:937-46

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About Dr. Abrahm

Janet Abrahm, MD is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She is among the founders of Palliative Care in the United States and the author of four comprehensive books on supportive and palliative care for patients with cancer. Dr. Abrahm is a former practicing oncologist who created the Palliative Care Service at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute over 20 years’ ago. She is an award-winning clinician and educator and continues to practice palliative care at Dana Farber.

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Dr. Abrahm's Book

Dr. Abrahm is the author of four comprehensive editions 
on supportive and palliative care for patients with cancer, the first published in 2000 and the latest in 2022.

Her extensive work offers oncologists and other oncology and palliative care clinicians a place to turn to find the most up-to-date evidence-based practices, resources, and practical advice on how to care for patients across the full range of issues they will experience during their illness.

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