High-dose carbon-ion based radiotherapy of primary and recurrent sacrococcygeal chordomas: long-term clinical results of a single particle therapy center

Abstract Background This study aimed to analyze the oncological long-term results and late toxicity of carbon ion-based radiotherapy (RT) of patients with sacral chordoma and to identify potential prognostic factors for local control (LC) and overall survival (OS). Methods A total of 68 patients wit...

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Main Authors: Tilman Bostel, Matthias Mattke, Nils Henrik Nicolay, Thomas Welzel, Daniel Wollschläger, Sati Akbaba, Arnulf Mayer, Tanja Sprave, Jürgen Debus, Matthias Uhl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-08-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-020-01647-8