title: Chondrosarcoma of the thoracic wall.
abstract: Eight cases of chondrosarcoma of the thoracic wall were treated during a 13-year period. The radicality of tumor resection was positively correlated with patient survival. Wide primary resection without preceding biopsy is advocated for thoracic lesions suspected from computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging to be chondrosarcoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, General Hospital Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stabel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kockx
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cambier
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tombeur
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vanderveken
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D012272:Ribs; D013249:Sternum; D015996:Survival Rate; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome