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SUBMITTER: Di Maio S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4451853 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Di Maio Salvatore S Yip Stephen S Al Zhrani Gmaan A GA Alotaibi Fahad E FE Al Turki Abdulrahman A Kong Esther E Rostomily Robert C RC
Therapeutics and clinical risk management 20150526
Chordomas are rare, locally aggressive skull base neoplasms known for local recurrence and not-infrequent treatment failure. Current evidence supports the role of maximal safe surgical resection. In addition to open skull-base approaches, the endoscopic endonasal approach to clival chordomas has been reported with favorable albeit early results. Adjuvant radiation is prescribed following complete resection, alternatively for gross residual disease or at the time of recurrence. The modalities of ...[more]