Research progress of biological behavior of spinal chordoma in motion segment

Abstract

Chordomas are low-grade malignant bone tumors that arise from remnants of notochord or aberrant chordal tissue, and have a predilection for the axial skeleton. They are easily recurrent, locally invasive, and have a poor prognosis. Chordomas are also not sensitive to chemotherapy or radiotherapy. Due to the special anatomy of spine, chordomas of mobile spine have their own characteristics. Therefore, this paper reviewed relevant literatures of recent 10 years and summarized the characteristics of biological behavior of mobile spine chordoma, so as to provide new ideas for treating chordoma. DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-6731.2016.04.004

Keywords

• Chordoma
• Spine
• Biology
• Neurosurgical procedures
• Review