Mobile Spine Chordoma: Results of 166 Patients

Chordomas are primary spinal tumors that grow via an indolent course, but have devastating effects on patients’ lives. These lesions are chemoresistant, moderately radiosensitive to conventional radiotherapy and emerging evidence suggests that proton therapy may be effective. However, en bloc surgical resection remains the preferred treatment to maximize patient outcomes. While multiple studies have investigated the outcomes following en bloc resection of chordomas in the sacrum, there have been few large-scale studies of patients with chordoma of the mobile spine.

Source: The Spine Journal - September 23, 2015 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Daniel M. Sciubba, Ziya L. Gokaslan, Patricia L. Zadnik, Niccole M. Germscheid, C. Rory Goodwin, Jean-Paul Wolinsky, Chetan Bettegowda, Mari L. Groves, Alessandro Luzzati, Charles G. Fisher, Peter P. Varga, Mark B. Dekutoski, Michelle J. Clarke, Michael G Source Type: research