Midterm prognosis and surgical implication for clival chordomas after extended transsphenoidal tumor removal and gamma knife radiosurgery
Abstract Background Treating chordoma through surgery alone is often ineffective. Thus, surgery often performed with irradiation, with a reported 5-year survival rate of 60–75%. The clinical course varies, and disease rarity prevents larger number of clinical investigations. Methods In total, 19 pat...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-05-01
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| Series: | BMC Neurology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-021-02234-4 |