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Nonetheless, there are few large-cohort, longitudinal studies of long-term survival and treatment outcomes of chondrosarcoma patients and none using the National Cancer Database (NCDB).<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec002\">\n<jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Chondrosarcoma patients were identified from the 2004\u20132015 NCDB datasets and divided on three primary tumor sites: appendicular, axial, and other. Demographic, treatment, and long-term survival data were determined for each group. Multivariate Cox analysis and Kaplan-Meier survival curves were generated to assess long-term survival over time for each.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n<jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>In total, 5,329 chondrosarcoma patients were identified, of which 2,686 were appendicular and 1,616 were axial. Survival was higher among the appendicular cohort than axial at 1-year, 5-year, and 10-year (89.52%, 75.76%, and 65.24%, respectively). Multivariate Cox analysis identified patients in the appendicular cohort to have significantly greater likelihood of death with increasing age category, distant metastases at presentation, and male sex (p&lt;0.001 for each). Best outcomes for seen for those undergoing surgical treatment (p&lt;0.001). Patients in the axial cohort were with increased likelihood of death with increasing age category and distant metastases (p&lt;0.001), while surgical treatment with or without radiation were associated with a significant decrease (p&lt;0.001). Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed worst survival for the axial cohort (p&lt;0.001) and patients with distant metastases at presentation (p&lt;0.001). Survival was not significantly different between older (2004\u20132007) and more recent years (2012\u20132016) (p = 0.742).<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec004\">\n<jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>For both appendicular and axial chondrosarcomas, surgical treatment remains the mainstay of treatment due to its continued superiority for the long-term survival of patients, although advancements in survival over the last decade have been insignificant. 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