Molecular targeted therapy in the treatment of chordoma: a systematic review

T Meng, J **, C Jiang, R Huang, H Yin, D Song… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Objectives: Chordoma is a rare bone malignancy that affects the spine and skull base.
Treatment dilemma leads to a high rate of local relapse and distant metastases. Molecular …

Chordoma: current status, problems, and future directions

MF Wedekind, BC Widemann, G Cote - Current Problems in Cancer, 2021 - Elsevier
Chordoma is a rare tumor that occurs along the axial spine in pediatrics and adults, with an
incidence of approximately 350 cases per year in the United States. While typically …

Bone cancer

JS Biermann, DR Adkins, M Agulnik… - Journal of the National …, 2013 - jnccn.org
Primary bone cancers are extremely rare neoplasms, accounting for fewer than 0.2% of all
cancers. The evaluation and treatment of patients with bone cancers requires a …

A review of the surgical management of sacral chordoma

B Kayani, SA Hanna, MD Sewell, A Saifuddin… - European Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
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 …

Endoscopic skull base surgery: a comprehensive comparison with open transcranial approaches

RJ Komotar, RM Starke, DMS Raper… - British journal of …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Little data exists comparing endoscopic endonasal approaches to pathology of the anterior
skull base with more traditional transcranial and transsphenoidal microscopic approaches …

Sacral chordoma: a review of literature

S Pillai, S Govender - Journal of orthopaedics, 2018 - Elsevier
Chordoma is a rare malignant tumor with predilection for the sacrum. A favorable outcome
depends on early diagnosis and surgical excision with tumor free margins. Aim To review …

The endoscope-assisted ventral approach compared with open microscope-assisted surgery for clival chordomas

RJ Komotar, RM Starke, DMS Raper, VK Anand… - World neurosurgery, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The current management paradigm for clival chordomas includes
cytoreductive surgery with adjuvant radiotherapy. Surgical approaches have traditionally …

B7-H3 as a target for CAR-T cell therapy in skull base chordoma

C Long, G Li, C Zhang, T Jiang, Y Li, X Duan… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Objective chordomas are rare bone tumors with few therapeutic options. Skull base and
sacrum are the two most common origin sites. Immunotherapies are emerging as the most …

Sacral chordoma: a clinical review of 101 cases with 30-year experience in a single institution

ODR van Wulfften Palthe, I Tromp, A Ferreira, A Fiore… - The Spine Journal, 2019 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND Local recurrence rates are high in sacral chordoma patients. Adjuvant
radiotherapy may play a role in increasing local control. Patients with locally recurrent …

Clinical features and prognostic factors of patients with chordoma in the spine: a retrospective analysis of 153 patients in a single center

T Meng, H Yin, B Li, Z Li, W Xu, W Zhou… - Neuro …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background Chordoma in the spine is relatively rare, and minimal information has been
published in the literature regarding this subject. Moreover, there are controversies over …