Lucca B Palavani, Pedro Borges, Filipi Fim Andreão, Jordana Borges, Sávio Batista, Leonardo B Oliveira, Márcio Yuri Ferreira, Pedro C Abrahão Reis, Julia Pontes, Herika Negri, Andre Beer-Furlan, Chandan Krishna, Raphael Bertani, Marcio S Rassi
OBJECTIVE: In the treatment of skull base chordoma (SBC) surgery is considered the mainstay approach, and gross-total resection has an established relationship with progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). However, the tumor's location often interferes with attempts at complete resection. In this case, surgery for maximal resection followed by high-dose radiotherapy has been demonstrated to be the standard treatment. In this context, various modalities are available, yet no consensus exists on the most effective...
May 2024: Neurosurgical Focus