Topical topic: value of fine needle aspiration biopsy in childhood rhabdomyosarcoma: twenty-six years of experience in Slovenia

• Published in: Medical and pediatric oncology Vol. 38; no. 6; p. 416
• Main Authors: Pohar-Marinsek, Ziva, Anzic, Jozica, Jereb, Berta
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.06.2002
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Biopsy, Needle; Child; Child, Preschool; Cytodiagnosis; Diagnostic Errors; Humans; Immunohistochemistry; Infant; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; Rhabdomyosarcoma - diagnosis; Rhabdomyosarcoma - pathology; Rhabdomyosarcoma - secondary; Rhabdomyosarcoma - therapy; Sensitivity and Specificity

Chemotherapy (Cht) for rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) given before local treatment can prevent mutilating surgery and high-dose irradiation (RT). Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) can confirm the diagnosis and neoadjuvant treatment can start without delay. The purpose of our study was to assess the role...