Defining the impact of prognostic factors at the time of relapse for nonmetastatic rhabdomyosarcoma

• Published in: Pediatric blood & cancer Vol. 67; no. 12; pp. e28674 - n/a
• Main Authors: Affinita, Maria Carmen, Ferrari, Andrea, Chiaravalli, Stefano, Melchionda, Fraia, Quaglietta, Lucia, Casanova, Michela, Zanetti, Ilaria, Scarzello, Giovanni, Di Pasquale, Luisa, Di Cataldo, Andrea, Bisogno, Gianni
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.12.2020
• Subjects: Child; Child, Preschool; Diagnosis; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Infant; Male; Medical prognosis; Multivariate analysis; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - mortality; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - pathology; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - surgery; Pediatrics; Prognosis; prognostic factors; relapse; Remission; Retrospective Studies; Rhabdomyosarcoma; Rhabdomyosarcoma - mortality; Rhabdomyosarcoma - pathology; Rhabdomyosarcoma - surgery; Survival; Survival Rate; Tumors; rhabdomyosarcoma; relapse; prognostic factors

Background The prognosis for patients with relapsed rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) depends on a number of variables, including tumor characteristics, type of relapse, and treatment received. All published studies have considered tumor characteristics at initial diagnosis, but not at the time of recurrence....