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ArticleCurrent reviews in musculoskeletal medicine2015

Chordoma: an update on the pathophysiology and molecular mechanisms.

Xin Sun, Francis Hornicek, Joseph H Schwab

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Article in Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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31 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Chordoma cells possess bone-dissolving activity at the bone invasion front.Cellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2024
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  5. Chordoma: Genetics and Contemporary Management.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  6. Chordoma: demographics and survival analysis with a focus on racial disparities and the role of surgery, a U.S. population-based study.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2024
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  13. Endoscopic Endonasal Approach in Clival Chordoma Surgery: Case Series.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2021
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  15. Surgical Management of Skull Base and Spine Chordomas.Current treatment options in oncology · 2021
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  18. New Prospects for Molecular Targets for Chordomas.Neurosurgery clinics of North America · 2020
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  19. Prognostic significance of pretreatment plasma D-dimer levels in patients with spinal chordoma: a retrospective cohort study.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Xin SunSection of Orthopedic Oncology, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Yawkey 355 Fruit Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
Francis HornicekSection of Orthopedic Oncology, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Yawkey 355 Fruit Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
Joseph H SchwabSection of Orthopedic Oncology, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Yawkey 355 Fruit Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA. JHSCHWAB@mgh.harvard.edu.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chordoma is a rare low-grade primary malignant skeletal tumor, which is presumed to derive from notochord remnants. The pathogenesis of chordoma has not been fully elucidated. However, recent advances in the molecular biology studies have identified brachyury underlying the initiation and progression of chordoma cells. More efforts have been made on accumulating evidence of the notochordal origin of chordoma, discovering signaling pathways and identifying crucial targets in chordomagenesis. In this review, we summarize the most recent research findings and focus on the pathophysiology and molecular mechanisms of chordoma.

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ChordomaChromosomal alterationsDNA methylationmicroRNAPathophysiology

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PMID26493697
PMCPMC4630230

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