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. 2017 Mar 17;26(8):2237–2244. doi: 10.1007/s11136-017-1544-2

Table 2.

Distribution of treatment types based on the anatomic site of chordoma tumor reported by chordoma patients (n = 329)

Tumor location All Treatment type
Surgery only (n = 88) Radiotherapy only (n = 24) Medical treatment only (n = 3) No treatment (n = 10) Multiple treatmentsa (n = 204)
Skull base 134 (56%) 22 (16%) 11 (8%) 0 (0%) 6 (4%) 95 (71%)
Mobile spine 91 (28%) 22 (24%) 7 (8%) 1 (1%) 2 (2%) 59 (65%)
Sacrum or Coccyx 100 (30%) 42 (42%) 6 (6%) 2 (2%) 2 (2%) 48 (48%)
Other 4 (1%) 2 (50%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 2 (50%)

Fisher’s exact test p = 0.004

a At least two treatment types from surgery, radiotherapy, or medical treatment categories