title: Soft tissue sarcomas in childhood.
abstract: The authors discuss the epidemiology, pathology, clinical presentation, and treatment of rhabdomyosarcoma as well as some of the less common sarcomas of childhood and adolescence. Special focus is placed on making careful histopathologic distinction between entities and on clearly recognizing distinct clinical syndromes.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005121:Extremities; D005260:Female; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000628:therapy; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006393:Hemangiopericytoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000628:therapy; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D018241:Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive, Peripheral / Q000628:therapy; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy; D011379:Prognosis; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000473:pathology; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D012512:Sarcoma, Ewing / Q000628:therapy; D013583:Synovial Membrane / Q000473:pathology; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D014565:Urogenital Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy