Chordoma is a notochord-derived primary tumor of the skull base and vertebral column
known to affect 0.08 to 0.5 per 100,000 persons worldwide. Patients commonly present with …

Study Design: A narrative review of the literature. Objective: This article reviews the general
principles of treatment and investigation for primary bone tumors of the spine. Furthermore, it …

Study Design. Retrospective review. Objective. To determine if adjuvant radiation therapy
(RT) improves overall survival (OS) following surgical resection of chordomas. Summary of …

Benign notochordal cell tumor (BNCT) and chordoma are neoplasms of notochordal
differentiation. BNCT represents notochordal rests, commonly an incidental lesion present in …

Objective Tumors of the cervical spine often encase 1 or both vertebral arteries (VA),
presenting the treating surgeon with the dilemma of whether to sacrifice or skeletonize the …

OBJECTIVE Long-term local control in patients with primary chordoma and sarcoma of the
spine and sacrum is increasingly reliant upon en bloc resection with negative margins. At …

Study design: A systematic review of the literature about differential diagnosis between
spine infection and bone tumors of the spine. Background and Purpose: The differential …

Chordomas are rare tumors of the axial skeleton whose slow growth belies a relentless
tumor with a propensity for recurrence and late metastasis. Local control remains an issue …

Chordoma is a very rare, poorly known malignancy, with slow progression, mainly located in
the sacrum and spine. All age groups may be affected, with a diagnostic peak in the 5th …

Introduction For prolonged survival, primary malignant sacral tumors (PMST) are treated by
En Bloc sacrectomy. Few studies analyzed specifically the surgical site infections (SSI) for …