As Radical as Technically Feasible-Surgical Treatment for Mobile Spine Chordoma.

Cancers (Basel) · 2025 · PMC12190388 · PMID 40563639

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closest p · 1.2× alpha

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.06so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

LRFS was longer in the EA group, although the difference did not reach statistical significance (EI 422 days, EA 1071 days, p = 0.06).

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showed a trendp = 0.49not close (p > 0.1)

Interestingly, patients in the en bloc resection group showed a trend to initiate radiotherapy more rapidly, thus without statistical significance (mean time to therapy: 28 days, vs. 40 days in the EI group), p = 0.49.

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a clear trendno p-value reported

Results : The EA group demonstrated a clear trend toward improved local recurrence-free survival (LRFS, EA median 35 months vs.

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