Current possibilities of treatment for chordomas of the cervical spine: a review of literature and the authors clinical observation
Chordoma is a rare type of primary bone tumors, which is characterized by slow growth and low proliferative activity, on the one hand, and a very high potential for local recurrence, on the other hand, which determines difficulties in adequately controlling the disease when only surgical treatment and standard chemo- and radiotherapy options are used. A number of possible ways of activating tumor progression in chordomas have been now defined; however, the achieved results cannot be recognized satisfactory.