Chordoma: Natural history and results in 28 patients treated at a single institution

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 291-296

  Baratti, D ^a   Gronchi, A ^a   Pennacchioli, E ^a   Lozza, L ^a   Colecchia, M ^a   Fiore, M ^a   Santinami, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chordoma; Prognosis; Radiotherapy; Sacrococcygeal tumors; Sarcoma; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SACROCOCCYX TUMOR; SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; ADJUVANT THERAPY; BACK; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SURVIVAL; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CHORDOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038809972     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2003.06.002     Document Type: Article

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