Chordoma: What It Is, Types, Symptoms & Treatment
Chordoma is a rare malignant (cancerous) bone tumor that forms in your spine or skull base. It’s a type of sarcoma. Surgical removal is the first-line treatment.
Chordoma - Overview - Mayo Clinic
2020年11月14日 · Chordoma is a rare type of bone cancer that happens most often in the bones of the spine or the skull. It most often forms where the skull sits atop the spine (skull base) or …
Chordoma - Wikipedia
Chordoma is a rare slow-growing neoplasm thought to arise from cellular remnants of the notochord. The evidence for this is the location of the tumors (along the neuraxis ), the similar …
Chordoma - Johns Hopkins Medicine
What is chordoma? Chordomas are tumors that can occur anywhere within the spine or the base of the skull. The two most common locations for chordomas are the lower back (sacral area — …
Chordoma - NCI - National Cancer Institute
Chordoma is a slow growing cancer of tissue found inside the spine. Chordoma can happen anywhere along the spine. It is most often found near the tailbone (called a sacral tumor) or …
Chordoma - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf - National Center for ...
2023年8月7日 · A chordoma is a low-grade, slow-growing but locally invasive and locally aggressive tumor that is a type of sarcoma. Chordomas arise from remnants of the notochord …
Understanding chordoma
Chordoma is a rare type of cancer that occurs in the bones of the skull base and spine. It is diagnosed in just 1 in 1 million people every year. What is chordoma? Chordoma is part of a …