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Radiotherapy in the Management of Mesenchymal Chondrosarcomas by P.J. Kim; W. Kobayashi; Y.L. Chen; F.C. Hornicek; D.H. Ebb; E. Choy; J.H. Schwab; D.C. Harmon; A.E. Rosenberg; T.F. DeLaney is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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Purpose/Objective(s): Mesenchymal chondrosarcomas are a rare subtype of chondrosarcomas, distinctive for affecting patients of relatively younger age and for its aggressive behavior. The role of radiotherapy has yet to be described in meaningful detail. A single institutional retrospective analysis was undertaken with a focus on radiotherapy technique. Materials/Methods: This retrospective study includes a search of patients with a histologically-confirmed mesenchymal chondrosarcoma treated at a single institution from 1970-2010. Results: Twenty-three patients had confirmed pathological diagnoses of mesenchymal chondrosarcomas. Median follow-up was 47.6 months (range: 9.3-263.7). There were 12 males and 11 females. The median age at diagnosis was 25.4 years old (range, 4-71). Primary sites included ten within the head and neck, five of the trunk, and eight extremities. Systemic therapy was used in 15 patients. Definitive surgery was used in three patients. Radiotherapy was used in 21 patients (4 preoperatively only, 13 postoperatively only, 3 pre-and postoperatively and 1 pre-, intra-and postoperatively). Proton therapy was used in 12 patients. Median preoperative, postoperative an

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Author

P.J. Kim; W. Kobayashi; Y.L. Chen; F.C. Hornicek; D.H. Ebb; E. Choy; J.H. Schwab; D.C. Harmon; A.E. Rosenberg; T.F. DeLaney

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0360-3016)

Published

2010

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)