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05.04.2017 | Review Article
Diagnosis and Management of Rhabdomyosarcoma in Children and Adolescents: ICMR Consensus Document
verfasst von:
Saroj Prasad Panda, Girish Chinnaswamy, Tushar Vora, Maya Prasad, Deepak Bansal, Gauri Kapoor, Venkatraman Radhakrishnan, Sandeep Agarwala, Siddharth Laskar, Brijesh Arora, Tanvir Kaur, G. K. Rath, Sameer Bakhshi
Erschienen in:
Indian Journal of Pediatrics
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Ausgabe 5/2017
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Abstract
Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is a highly malignant tumor which is thought to originate from the pluripotent mesenchyme. It is the most common soft-tissue sarcoma of childhood. This review article summarizes the recent and older published literature and gives an overview of management of RMS in children. RMS can arise in a wide variety of primary sites, some of which are associated with specific patterns of local invasion, regional lymph nodal spread, therapeutic response and long term outcome, hence requiring physicians to be familiar with site-specific staging and treatment details. Most common primary sites include the head and neck region, genitourinary tract, and extremities. Prognosis for children and adolescents with RMS has recently improved substantially, especially for patients with local or locally extensive disease because of the development of multi-modal therapy incorporating surgery, dose-intensive combination chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. Despite aggressive approaches the outcome for patients who present with metastatic disease remains unsatisfactory. Clinical trials are ongoing to reduce toxicity and improve outcomes of such patients; newer agents in combination are being investigated.