Chordoma: a systematic review of the epidemiology and clinical prognostic factors predicting progression-free and overall survival

SH Bakker, WCH Jacobs, W Pondaag… - European Spine …, 2018 - Springer
Background and aims The aim of this systematic review is to describe the epidemiology of
chordoma and to provide a clear overview of clinical prognostic factors predicting …

Chordoma: update on disease, epidemiology, biology and medical therapies

AM Frezza, L Botta, A Trama, AP Dei Tos… - Current opinion in …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Chordoma is a complex disease because of its rarity, biological heterogeneity and peculiar
clinical behaviour. Despite the progress done, the outcome in this disease remains …

Highly effective treatment of skull base chordoma with carbon ion irradiation using a raster scan technique in 155 patients: first long‐term results

M Uhl, M Mattke, T Welzel, F Roeder, J Oelmann… - Cancer, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND The current study was conducted to evaluate the long‐term results of
irradiation with carbon ions in a raster scanning technique in patients with skull base …

Long term outcomes of patients with skull-base low-grade chondrosarcoma and chordoma patients treated with pencil beam scanning proton therapy

DC Weber, R Malyapa, F Albertini, A Bolsi… - Radiotherapy and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Purpose To evaluate the long term tumor control and toxicity of skull base tumors treated
with pencil beam scanning proton therapy (PT). Materials and methods PT was delivered to …

Immunologic correlates of the abscopal effect in a SMARCB1/INI1-negative poorly differentiated chordoma after EZH2 inhibition and radiotherapy

MM Gounder, G Zhu, L Roshal, E Lis, SR Daigle… - Clinical Cancer …, 2019 - AACR
Purpose: We sought to determine the mechanism of an exceptional response in a patient
diagnosed with a SMARCB1/INI1-negative chordoma treated with tazemetostat, an EZH2 …

Surgical treatment of sacral chordoma: prognostic variables for local recurrence and overall survival

PP Varga, Z Szövérfi, CG Fisher, S Boriani… - European Spine …, 2015 - Springer
Purpose Sacral chordomas (SC) are rare, locally invasive, malignant neoplasms. Despite
surgical resection and adjuvant therapies, local recurrence (LR) is common and overall …

Proton and carbon ion radiotherapy in skull base chordomas: a prospective study based on a dual particle and a patient-customized treatment strategy

A Iannalfi, E D'Ippolito, G Riva, S Molinelli… - Neuro …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background The aim of this study is to evaluate results in terms of local control (LC), overall
survival (OS), and toxicity profile and to better identify factors influencing clinical outcome of …

The burden of late effects and related risk factors in adolescent and young adult cancer survivors: a scoping review

C Ryder-Burbidge, RL Diaz, RD Barr, S Gupta… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary It is unclear what the risk of negative health outcomes is after cancer
during adolescence and young adulthood. We conducted a review to understand the risk of …

DNA methylation-based prognostic subtypes of chordoma tumors in tissue and plasma

JA Zuccato, V Patil, S Mansouri, JC Liu… - Neuro …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Chordomas are rare malignant bone cancers of the skull-base and spine.
Patient survival is variable and not reliably predicted using clinical factors or molecular …

Chordoma: a comprehensive systematic review of clinical trials

S Chen, R Ulloa, J Soffer, RJ Alcazar-Felix… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Surgery is the primary treatment for chordoma. However, residual or
recurrent chordoma presents a significant problem for clinicians. The aim of this work is to …