Image-guided percutaneous lipiodol-pingyangmycin suspension injection therapy for sacral chordoma.

Chordoma has poor sensitivity to radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and is mainly treated by surgery. However, chordoma still has a relatively high recurrence rate and a low disease-free survival rate after resection. Therefore, many authors suggest that patients with chordomas should be treated with a multidisciplinary team to obtain the optimal outcomes. We previously reported the safety and efficacy of percutaneous intratumoral injections with chemotherapeutic agent lipiodol suspension in treating the patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (1). Based on Image-Guided Percutaneous Lipiodol-Pingyangmycin Suspension Injection Therapy for Sacral Chordoma Dexiao Huang, MD , Yong Chen, MD, Qingle Zeng, MD, Renhua Wu, MD, Yanhao Li, MD Department of Interventional Radiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, P.R.China; Department of Medical Imaging, the 2nd Affiliated Hospital, Medical College of Shantou University, Shantou 515041, P.R.China