Metastatic chordoma: pattern of spread and response to chemotherapy.
Chordoma is a rare slow growing tumour arising from elements of the primitive foetal notochord. We report a case of widespread dissemination to lung, liver and bone following radical primary treatment.
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Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Middlesex, UK.
Hoskin
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Saunders
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D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary; D002817:Chordoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012447:Sacrum; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology