Chordoma is a rare bone cancer that is aggressive, locally invasive, and has a poor
prognosis. Chordomas are thought to arise from transformed remnants of notochord and …

Chordoma is a low-grade notochordal tumor of the skull base, mobile spine and sacrum
which behaves malignantly and confers a poor prognosis despite indolent growth patterns …

Object En bloc resection with adequate margins is associated with the highest probability of
long-term tumor control or cure in most cases of primary sacral malignancies. The authors …

PURPOSE: Retrorectal tumors are a diverse group of masses derived from a variety of
embryologic origins. Because of this, some confusion is associated with their diagnosis and …

Study Design. Retrospective study of 20 consecutive patients who underwent en bloc tumor
excision of sacral chordomas and chondrosarcomas. Objective. To evaluate the functional …

OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to use a large national registry to evaluate the 30-day
cumulative incidence and predictors of adverse events, readmissions, and reoperations after …

Study Design. Systematic review. Objectives. To determine the general feasibility and safety
of en bloc resection for primary spine tumors by analyzing (1) the effect of incisional biopsy …

Purpose Sacral chordomas (SC) are rare, locally invasive, malignant neoplasms. Despite
surgical resection and adjuvant therapies, local recurrence (LR) is common and overall …

BACKGROUND: En bloc resection of primary sacral tumors has a demonstrated survival
benefit. Total and high sacral amputations are traditionally performed by using a staged …

Background Sacral chordomas are rare low-to-intermediate grade malignant tumours, which
arise from remnants of the embryonic notochord. This review explores prognostic factors in …