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Chondrosarcoma

"Chondrosarcoma" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A slowly growing malignant neoplasm derived from cartilage cells, occurring most frequently in pelvic bones or near the ends of long bones, in middle-aged and old people. Most chondrosarcomas arise de novo, but some may develop in a preexisting benign cartilaginous lesion or in patients with ENCHONDROMATOSIS. (Stedman, 25th ed)


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Chondrosarcoma" by people in this website by year, and whether "Chondrosarcoma" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 25 publications over 14 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 1999 and 2004
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