Dundee chordomas.
All patients with chordomas that have been treated in the Dundee neurosurgical unit are reviewed. Five intracranial and two sacral chordomas have presented since the unit opened in 1966. Survival has ranged from one to fifteen years following treatment. The difficulties in diagnosis and in assessing treatment of these rare slow growing neoplasms are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D002817:Chordoma / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012445:Sacrococcygeal Region; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*