Best Doctors for Chordoma Treatment in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad

Chordoma is a rare type of bone cancer that usually occurs in the base of the skull or spine. Chordomas occur from remnants of the notochord embryonic tissue that gradually forms the center of spinal disks. Symptoms include pressure on the surrounding areas of the spinal cord and brain, double vision, facial pain and numbness and blurry vision, sexual dysfunction, endocrine problems, dysphagia, bladder and bowel issues etc. The chordomas are classified into three different types namely classic or conventional chordoma, dedifferentiated chordoma, and poorly differentiated chordoma. Chordoma is treated with either surgery, chemotherapy targeted therapy, and immunotherapy depending on the severity and type of the tumor.