Chordoma: 6 Years' experience at a tertiary centre

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 201-205

  Agrawal, P P ^a,b   Bahadur, A K ^a   Mohanta, P K ^a   Singh, K ^a   Rathi, A K ^a  

^a LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

^b 803 Vardhman Complex ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Chordoma; Radiotherapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BACK; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; METASTASIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SACROCOCCYX TUMOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE TUMOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CHORDOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744766254     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2006.01562.x     Document Type: Review

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