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. 2026 Oct 7;18(19):3228. doi: 10.3390/cancers18193228
ADL Activities of Daily Living
ALK Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase
ARDS Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
AORIF Ablation, Osteoplasty, Reinforcement, and Internal Fixation
ASIA American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale
AUC Area Under the Curve
BI Barthel Index
BMAs Bone-Modifying Agents
CCI Charlson Comorbidity Index
CI Confidence Interval
CSF Cerebrospinal Fluid
CT Computed Tomography
CTx Chemotherapy
DFS Disease-Free Survival
DMC Daily Morphine Consumption
EBRT External Beam Radiation Therapy
ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
ECOG-PS Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status
EGFR Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor
EGFR-TKI Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor
EORTC European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer
EQ-5D EuroQol 5-Dimension Questionnaire
EQ-5D-3L EuroQol 5-Dimension 3-Level Questionnaire
EQ-5D-5L EuroQol 5-Dimension 5-Level Questionnaire
ESCC Epidural Spinal Cord Compression
FACT-G Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy—General
FS Frankel Scale
FUSCC Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Centre
HR Hazard Ratio
ICI Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor
IMN Intramedullary Nailing
IMRT Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy
IQR Interquartile Range
JBI Joanna Briggs Institute
KPS Karnofsky Performance Status
LDCT Low-Dose Computed Tomography
LOS Length of Stay
LTP Local Tumour Progression
MDT Multidisciplinary Team
MeSH Medical Subject Headings
MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MRONJ Medication-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw
mRS Modified Rankin Scale
MSCC Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression
MWA Microwave Ablation
NESMS New England Spinal Metastasis Score
NLR Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio
NOMS Neurologic, Oncologic, Mechanical, Systemic Framework
NOS Not Otherwise Specified
NRS Numeric Rating Scale
NSCLC Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
ODI Oswestry Disability Index
OR Odds Ratio
OS Overall Survival
PA Psychosocial Aspects
PC Pain Characteristics
PD-1 Programmed Cell Death Protein 1
PET Positron Emission Tomography
PET-CT Positron Emission Tomography–Computed Tomography
PFS Progression-Free Survival
PMMA Polymethylmethacrylate
POP Percutaneous Osteoplasty
PRISMA Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
PROMIS Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System
PROSPERO International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews
PS Pain Sites
PVCR Posterior Vertebral Column Resection
PVP Percutaneous Vertebroplasty
QLQ-BM22 Quality of Life Questionnaire–Bone Metastases Module 22
QLQ-C30 Quality of Life Questionnaire–Core 30
QoL Quality of Life
RFA Radiofrequency Ablation
RR Risk Ratio
RT Radiotherapy
SBRT Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
SCLC Small Cell Lung Cancer
SEER Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results
SINS Spinal Instability Neoplastic Score
SORG Skeletal Oncology Research Group
SREs Skeletal-Related Events
TES Total En Bloc Spondylectomy
TKI Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor
VAS Visual Analogue Scale
VI Vitality Index
VTE Venous Thromboembolism
WHO World Health Organization