Chordoma: Results of treatment

Sixty-nine patients with chordoma were seen at the Christie Hospital, Manchester, between 1932 and 1980. Fifty-three per cent of the tumours were located in the sacrococcygeal region and 24% in the clivus region. Forty-eight patients were treated with radiotherapy, and the 10-year survival for the w...

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Published inClinical radiology Vol. 35; no. 2; pp. 159 - 161
Main Author Chetiyawardana, A.D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 01.01.1984
Elsevier
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child, Preschool
Chordoma - mortality
Chordoma - radiotherapy
Chordoma - surgery
Chordoma - therapy
Combined Modality Therapy
Cranial Fossa, Posterior
Cranial Nerve Neoplasms - therapy
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Neurology
Sacrococcygeal Region
Spinal Cord Neoplasms - mortality
Spinal Cord Neoplasms - radiotherapy
Spinal Cord Neoplasms - surgery
Spinal Cord Neoplasms - therapy
Tumors of the nervous system. Phacomatoses
Chordoma
Intracranial
Nervous system diseases
Treatment
Surgery
Diseases of the osteoarticular system
Tumor
Clivus
Radiotherapy
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Summary:Sixty-nine patients with chordoma were seen at the Christie Hospital, Manchester, between 1932 and 1980. Fifty-three per cent of the tumours were located in the sacrococcygeal region and 24% in the clivus region. Forty-eight patients were treated with radiotherapy, and the 10-year survival for the whole group was 23%. There was no difference in survival between the two major sites. Patients who had radical surgery and radical radiotherapy achieved better palliation and longer survival. Sixteen per cent of the patients developed metastases.
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ISSN:0009-9260
1365-229X
DOI:10.1016/S0009-9260(84)80024-0