Multimodality management of 26 skull-base chordomas with 4-year mean follow-up: experience at a single institution

Pamir M., Kilic T., Ture U., Ozek M.

ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA, vol.146, no.4, pp.343-354, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 146 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2004
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s00701-004-0218-3
  • Journal Name: ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.343-354
  • Keywords: chordoma, skull-base surgery, gamma knife, radiosurgery, clivus, CRANIAL BASE, INTRACRANIAL CHORDOMAS, PROGNOSTIC-FACTORS, RADIATION-THERAPY, CHONDROSARCOMA, PROLIFERATION, SPINE
  • Marmara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Objective. To analyze a series of patients with pathologically confirmed skull-base chordoma, and to develop an algorithm for the management of this challenging disease based on the data, our experience, and the current literature.