Chordoma of the Spinal Column

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-15

  Sciubba, Daniel M ^a   Chi, John H ^a   Rhines, Laurence D ^b   Gokaslan, Ziya L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMATINIB; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURGERY; CHORDOMA; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OSTEOLYSIS; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; REVIEW; SPINE CANCER;

CHORDOMA; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RADIOTHERAPY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SACRUM; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SPINE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 37349093405     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2007.09.006     Document Type: Review

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