CHORDOMAS: TECHNOLOGIES, TECHNIQUES, AND TREATMENT STRATEGIES M N Pamir, O Al-Mefty, L A B Borba Thieme, 2017 ISBN 978 1 62623 159 7 pp 239 Price €179.99 £160.50

Abstract

Acclaimed surgeons from Brazil, Canada, Japan, Turkey, the USA, and the UK are contributors. The book starts with a historical overview, epidemiology, molecular pathogenesis, cytogenetics, local invasion and metastasis, and pathology. A thorough discussion covers diagnostic radiological and radionuclide imaging such as MRI, PET; SPECT, PET-CT, and PET-MRI, and clinical traits of skull base and spinal chordomas as defined by imaging modalities.