Role of centers with different patient volumes in the management of rhabdomyosarcoma. An analysis by the Italian Pediatric Soft Tissue Sarcoma Committee

• Published in: Pediatric blood & cancer Vol. 68; no. 12; pp. e29234 - n/a
• Main Authors: Bisogno, Gianni, Congiu, Giovanna, Affinita, Maria Carmen, Milano, Giuseppe Maria, Zanetti, Ilaria, Coppadoro, Beatrice, Manzitti, Carla, Basso, Eleonora, Tamburini, Angela, Melchionda, Fraia, Cellini, Monica, Pericoli, Roberta, D'Angelo, Paolo, Cataldo, Andrea Di, De Leonardis, Francesco, Rabusin, Marco, De Corti, Federica, Zin, Angelica, Alaggio, Rita, Scarzello, Giovanni, Ferrari, Andrea
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.12.2021
• Subjects: centers’ experience; Child; Children; Hematology; Humans; Italy; multidisciplinary treatment; network; Oncology; Patients; Pediatrics; Radiation therapy; Rhabdomyosarcoma; Rhabdomyosarcoma - surgery; Rhabdomyosarcoma, Embryonal; Sarcoma; Soft Tissue Neoplasms - therapy; Soft tissue sarcoma; Survival; Italy; rhabdomyosarcoma; centers’ experience; multidisciplinary treatment; network

Procedure The survival of children with rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) has gradually improved as a result of the adoption of multidisciplinary treatments. Dedicated skills and facilities are indispensable and more readily available at reference centers. In this study, we examined the role of centers’ experi...