Parameningeal rhabdomyosarcoma in the young

• Published in: Cancer Vol. 48; no. 2; pp. 281 - 288
• Main Authors: Berry, M. P., Jenkin, R. D. T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 15.07.1981
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Head and Neck Neoplasms - mortality; Head and Neck Neoplasms - radiotherapy; Humans; Male; Meningeal Neoplasms - secondary; Radiotherapy Dosage; Rhabdomyosarcoma - mortality; Rhabdomyosarcoma - radiotherapy

Forty cases of young patients with embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma or undifferentiated sarcoma in parameningeal sites of the head and neck were reviewed. All 40 were treated with radiation therapy in conjunction with surgery and 16 were also treated with adjuvant chemotherapy. The overall five year survi...