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Tumors of the Sacrum

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Sacral tumors can be metastases or primary tumors. The latter represent an uncommon entity, only accounting for approximately 7% of all primary tumors of the spine. While giant cell tumors and chordomas are the most frequent tumor type, they are also considerably resistant to chemo- and radiotherapy [1]. Along with their slow speed of growth sacral tumors most commonly induce only minor symptoms resulting in large tumors when the patients present in our clinics [3]. Moreover, many sacral tumors, such as chordomas and chondrosarcomas are proved to have a better oncological outcome if resected en bloc; yet, this is not possible in a large protion of cases [2]. This, however, is surgically demanding considering the critical biomechanical role, complex anatomy, interdisciplinary involvement, and frequently large anterior tumor mass.

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Krieg, S.M., Meyer, B. (2019). Tumors of the Sacrum. In: Meyer, B., Rauschmann, M. (eds) Spine Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98875-7_66

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