Sacral chordoma: 40-Year experience at a major cancer center

Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 74-80

  York, Julie E ^a   Kaczaraj, Adriana ^a   Abi Said, Dima ^a   Fuller, Gregory N ^a   Skibber, John M ^a   Janjan, Nora A ^a   Gokaslan, Ziya L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chordoma; Sacral tumors

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHORDOMA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; SACRUM; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TEXAS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032905513     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199901000-00041     Document Type: Article

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