Chondrosarcoma patient characteristics, management, and outcomes based on over 5,000 cases from the National Cancer Database (NCDB).
Taylor D OttesenBlake N ShultzAlana M MungerMichael AmickCourtney S ToombsGary E FriedaenderJonathan Newman GrauerPublished in: PloS one (2022)
For both appendicular and axial chondrosarcomas, surgical treatment remains the mainstay of treatment due to its continued superiority for the long-term survival of patients, although advancements in survival over the last decade have been insignificant. Presence of distant metastases and axial involvement are significant, poor prognostic factors perhaps because of difficulty in surgical excision or extent of disease.