Incidence, treatment, and survival patterns for sacral chordoma in the United States, 1974-2011

Incidence, treatment, and survival patterns for sacral chordoma in the United States, 1974-2011

IntroductionSacral chordomas represent one half of all chordomas, a rare neoplasm of notochordal remnants. Current NCCN guidelines recommend surgical resection with or without adjuvant radiotherapy, or definitive radiation for unresectable cases. Recent advances in radiation for chordomas include c...

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Main Authors: Esther Yu, Paul Koffer, Thomas DiPetrillo, Timothy James Kinsella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
Chordoma
Protons
SBRT
IMRT
Heavy ion
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2016.00203/full

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