Suboccipital and cervical chordomas: The value of aggressive treatment at first presentation of the disease

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1070-1077

  Carpentier, Alexandre ^a   Polivka, Marc ^a   Blanquet, Alexandre ^a   Lot, Guillaume ^a   George, Bernard ^a  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

Bone tumor; Cervical tumor; Chordoma; Surgery; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RECURRENCE RISK; SKULL BASE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0036829794     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2002.97.5.1070     Document Type: Article

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