Long-term results in childhood rhabdomyosarcoma: a retrospective study in Italy.
This paper reviews a series of 70 consecutive children with rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) diagnosed during 1971-1978 and treated in five Italian institutions. Thirteen were classified as group I, 12 as group II, 37 as group III, and 8 as group IV according to the Intergroup RMS Study staging system. Survival was influenced by tumor extension at diagnosis, primary site, and response to therapy. The 5-year-survival rate was 92% for group I patients, 67% for group II, 44% for group III, and 0% for group IV. Thirty-four children had all therapy stopped after 12-32 months of complete remission, 7 had late recurrences, and 3 died from disease. Musculoskeletal sequelae were diagnosed in 11 children, short stature in 3, corneal opacity in 2, and cardiac failure in 1.
Carli
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Dipartimento di Pediatria, Universitä di Padova, Italy.
De Bernardi
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B
Castello
M
M
Madon
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E
Paolucci
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G
Zanesco
L
L
Pastore
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G
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy; D015996:Survival Rate