Rhabdomyosarcoma

Rhabdomyosarcomas constitute about two thirds of soft tissue sarcomas in children, but a much smaller proportion after the first decade3.

Rhabdomyosarcomas are subdivided into:

 

1Esnaola, N. F., B. P. Rubin, et al. (2001). "Response to chemotherapy and predictors of survival in adult rhabdomyosarcoma." Ann Surg 234(2): 215-23.

2Hawkins, W. G., A. Hoos, et al. (2001). "Clinicopathologic analysis of patients with adult rhabdomyosarcoma." Cancer 91(4): 794-803.

3Mentzel, T. and D. Katenkamp (2000). "Sclerosing, pseudovascular rhabdomyosarcoma in adults. Clinicopathological and immunohistochemical analysis of three cases." Virchows Arch 436(4): 305-11.

 

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