Classification
conventional chondrosarcoma
myxoid chondrosarcoma
clear cell chondrosarcoma
mesenchymal chondrosarcoma
dedifferentiated peripheral chondrosarcoma (DPCHS)
dedifferentiated central chondrosarcoma (DCCHS)
According to the localization
skeletal chondrosarcoma
juxtacortical chondrosarcoma
extra-skeletal chondrosarcoma
peripheral chondrosarcoma
CYtogenetics
17p1 alterations (11793371)
Reviews
Chow WA. Update on chondrosarcomas. Curr Opin Oncol. 2007 Jul;19(4):371-6. PMID: 17545802
Bovée JV, Cleton-Jansen AM, Taminiau AH, Hogendoorn PC. Emerging pathways in the development of chondrosarcoma of bone and implications for targeted treatment. Lancet Oncol. 2005 Aug;6(8):599-607. PMID: 16054571
Sandberg AA. Genetics of chondrosarcoma and related tumors. Curr Opin Oncol. 2004 Jul;16(4):342-54. PMID: 15187889
Aigner T. Towards a new understanding and classification of chondrogenic neoplasias of the skeleton—biochemistry and cell biology of chondrosarcoma and its variants. Virchows Arch. 2002 Sep;441(3):219-30. PMID: 12242518
References
Overexpression of A disintegrin and metalloproteinase 28 is correlated with high histologic grade in conventional chondrosarcoma. Matsuura S, Oda Y, Matono H, Izumi T, Yamamoto H, Tamiya S, Iwamoto Y, Tsuneyoshi M. Hum Pathol. 2009 Nov 6. PMID: 19896699