Chordomas of the skull base and cervical spine: Clinical outcomes associated with a multimodal surgical resection combined with proton-beam radiation in 40 patients

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 171-183

  Yasuda, Muneyoshi ^a,d   Bresson, Damien ^a   Chibbaro, Salvatore ^a   Cornelius, Jan F ^a   Polivka, Marc ^a   Feuvret, Loic ^b,c   Takayasu, Masakazu ^d   George, Bernard ^a  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^d AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chordoma; Endoscope; Proton; Skull base; Spine

Indexed keywords

COBALT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OTORRHEA; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE CHORDOMA; CHILD; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MENINGITIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMATOMA; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL BASE; SKULL BASE CHORDOMA;

EID: 84862900031     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: 14372320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-011-0334-5     Document Type: Review

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