Clinical and histopathologic features of chordomas in children and young adults

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-17

  Ridenour III, Robert V ^a   Ahrens, William A ^a   Folpe, Andrew L ^a   Miller, Dylan V ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone tumor; Chordoma; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE BIOPSY; BONE TUMOR; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCCYGEAL BONE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OCCIPITAL BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SACRUM; SPHENOID; SPINE; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHORDOMA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949693187     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: 16155742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2350/09-01-0584.1     Document Type: Article

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