# OnCo record metastatic-spinal-cord-compression-emergency (protocol). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
@prefix schema: <https://schema.org/> .
@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://onco.cc/protocols/metastatic-spinal-cord-compression-emergency/>
  a schema:MedicalGuideline ;
  onco:kind "protocol" ;
  schema:identifier "metastatic-spinal-cord-compression-emergency" ;
  schema:name "Metastatic spinal cord compression: recognition, MSCC coordinator, MRI, dexamethasone, radiotherapy and surgery"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "MSCC protocol"@en, "malignant spinal cord compression"@en, "spinal cord compression emergency"@en, "cauda equina compression in cancer"@en, "NICE NG234"@en ;
  schema:description "Cancer that has spread to the spine can press on the spinal cord. New back or neck pain that is severe, worse at night or on coughing, or any weakness, numbness, or trouble passing urine or stools, needs a same-day call to your cancer team. The hospital should do an MRI of the whole spine within 24 hours, give dexamethasone, and plan radiotherapy or surgery quickly, to keep you walking."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/protocols/metastatic-spinal-cord-compression-emergency/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-11-11"^^xsd:date ;
  onco:tag "protocol", "acute-oncology", "oncological-emergency" ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/prostate/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/breast-cancer/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/lung-cancer/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/multiple-myeloma/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/palliative-radiotherapy/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/sbrt/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/mri/> ;
  onco:drugs <https://onco.cc/drugs/dexamethasone/> ;
  onco:institutions <https://onco.cc/institutions/nice/>, <https://onco.cc/institutions/astro/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/metastatic-spinal-cord-compression/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/bone-metastases/> ;
  onco:keyPapers <https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-hoskin-jama/> .