We undertook this retrospective study to determine the rate of recurrence and functional outcome after intralesional curettage for chondroblastoma of bone. The factors associated with aggressive behaviour of the tumour were also analysed. We reviewed 53 patients with histologically-proven chondroblastoma who were treated by intralesional curettage in our unit between 1974 and 2000. They were fo...

BACKGROUND Pattern of recurrence of glioblastoma (GBM) seems to have undergone some shifts from distant metastasis as a rarity to a higher proportion, including disease disseminated via cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pathway. There is still no report on the pattern of recurrence for Chinese population. Here, we evaluated the pattern of recurrence of GBM in Chinese patients along with factors that co...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the prognostic factors related to the recurrence rate of vulvar cancer. METHODS Retrospective study of 87 patients diagnosed of vulvar squamous cell carcinoma diagnosed at a tertiary hospital in Madrid between January 2000 and December 2010. RESULTS The pathological mean tumor size was 35.1±22.8 mm, with stromal invasion of 7.7±6.6 mm. The mean free margin after surgery...