Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5634432 | World Neurosurgery | 2017 | 31 Pages |
Abstract
We report the largest study to date to evaluate prognostic factors of patients with chordoma. Multivariate analysis demonstrated that older age, greater tumor size, and distant metastasis were correlated with decreased survival, whereas surgical resection was correlated with increased survival. Patients receiving radiation therapy also showed decreased survival, likely an indication of the patients' advanced stage of disease, making them poor surgical candidates.
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Ivan J. Lee, Robert J. Lee, Daniel K. Fahim,