[Results of radiation therapy in chordoma: data from seven patients and a review of the literature (author's transl)].
Seven patients with chordoma who were treated in the Universitätsklinik für Nuklearmedizin und Radiotherapie, Zürich, since 1950 are presented. In all the cases, high-dose irradiation resulted in symptom-free survival of many years duration. Five years after the first treatment, all the patients are alive, after ten years about 50% of the patients are alive. Our own experiences as well as the already published cases show that radiotherapy has an important role in the management of chordoma.
D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D002817:Chordoma / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009300:Nasal Septum; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D012447:Sacrum; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy
Ergebnisse der Strahlentherapie bei Chordomen. Resultate bein sieben Patienten und Literaturübersicht.