• World Neurosurg · Dec 2022

    Chordoma of the Skull Base: A National Cancer Database Analysis of Current Practice Patterns and Outcomes.

    • Ravi Nunna, Saavan Patel, Sasi Karuparti, Michael Ortiz-Torres, James Ryoo, Darius Ansari, Steven Carr, and Ankit I Mehta.
    • Department of Neurosurgery, University of Missouri Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA.
    • World Neurosurg. 2022 Dec 1; 168: e260e268e260-e268.

    BackgroundChordomas of the skull base are aggressive locally destructive tumors that arise from the remnants of the fetal notochord. Current guidelines recommend maximal safe surgical resection followed by adjuvant radiation therapy. However, because of the rarity of these tumors, the optimal radiotherapeutic regimen regarding dose and modality is unclear.MethodsThe National Cancer Database (NCDB) was queried from 2004 to 2016. Data from adult patients were extracted, including tumor characteristics, comorbidity indices, and details of treatment (surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy). The primary outcome of interest was overall survival (OS), which was evaluated for specific treatment cohorts using Cox univariate and multivariate regression constructs along with associated survival curves.ResultsWe identified 798 patients with a diagnosis of skull base chordoma. Mean OS in this cohort was 9.57 years. Most patients received surgical resection (89.1%), with 53.9% receiving radiotherapy and 6.5% receiving chemotherapy. After adjusting for baseline characteristics using multivariate regression, advanced age and increased tumor size were associated with decreased OS. Surgical resection was associated with increased OS, whereas neither radiotherapy nor chemotherapy was associated with OS. However, in patients who did receive radiation, dosage >6000 cGy was associated with increased OS (hazard ratio, 0.51; P = 0.038); OS did not vary significantly between traditional and proton-based methods.ConclusionsOur multi-institutional analysis supports the use of partial and radical surgical resection to improve survival in patients with skull base chordomas. Among patients who receive radiotherapy, higher radiation dose is associated with improved survival.Published by Elsevier Inc.

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