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ArticleThe Eurasian journal of medicine2015

Metastatic Chordoma: Report of the Two Cases and Review of the Literature.

Saurabh Rohatgi, Nikhil H Ramaiya, Jyothi P Jagannathan, Stephanie A Howard, Atul B Shinagare, Katherine M Krajewski

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Article in The Eurasian journal of medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Endoscopic Endonasal Resection of Clival Chordomas.Advances and technical standards in neurosurgery · 2025
    Review
  3. Article
  4. Multifocal Ectopic Recurrence of a C2 Chordoma.Journal of neurological surgery reports · 2023
    Article
  5. Ecchordosis Physaliphora: Does It Even Exist?AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2023
    Review
  6. Article
  7. Chordoma:Skeletal radiology · 2021
    Article
  8. Unusual presentation of lumbar chordoma on bone scintigraphy in a young patient.Asia Oceania journal of nuclear medicine & biology · 2021
    Article
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Saurabh RohatgiBrigham and Women's Hospital/Dana Farber Cancer institute/ Harvard Medical School - Radiology Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Nikhil H RamaiyaBrigham and Women's Hospital/Dana Farber Cancer institute/ Harvard Medical School - Radiology Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Jyothi P JagannathanBrigham and Women's Hospital/Dana Farber Cancer institute/ Harvard Medical School - Radiology Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Stephanie A HowardBrigham and Women's Hospital/Dana Farber Cancer institute/ Harvard Medical School - Radiology Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Atul B ShinagareBrigham and Women's Hospital/Dana Farber Cancer institute/ Harvard Medical School - Radiology Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Katherine M KrajewskiBrigham and Women's Hospital/Dana Farber Cancer institute/ Harvard Medical School - Radiology Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Harvard University · USDana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chordomas are rare malignant bone tumours with a predilection for the axial skeleton, especially the sacrum and skull base. Median survival in patients with metastatic disease is usually dismal. Treatment is challenging due to the propensity for local recurrence, metastatic disease as well as lack of clear consensus regarding the optimal management. Our case report highlights two cases of sacral chordoma with locally recurrent and widespread metastatic disease, stable on molecular targeted therapy.

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ChordomaimatinibKordomametastasismetastazpositron emission tomographypozitron emisyon tomografi

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PMID26180502
PMCPMC4494552
OpenAlexW2417418989

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