title: The treatment of orbital rhabdomyosarcoma with irradiation and chemotherapy.
abstract: Fifty-eight patients with orbital rhabdomyosarcoma were treated with irradiation alone (25) or irradiation and chemotherapy (33) with follow-ups of 6 months to 14 years (mean 5.2 yr). At present, 74% are alive and 26% have died. Local control of the tumor was accomplished in 91% of cases. When local sinuses were invaded the survival rate was 55%. Chemotherapy appears to be of greatest value when disease is limited to the orbit. Irradiation or irradiation and chemotherapy should now be the treatment of choice for orbital rhabdomyosarcoma.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D015996:Survival Rate; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome