title: [Soft tissue sarcomas in childhood (author's transl)].
abstract: 477 patients with soft tissue sarcomas, including 87 children (18.2%) were treated at the Surgical Center of the University of Heidelberg between 1950 and 1980. 22.8% of the patients with solid tumors (excluding brain tumors) in childhood were soft tissue sarcomas. In the pediatric age group there were 30% rhabdomyosarcoma and 20% angioblastic sarcoma. Since introduction of combined tumor therapy (surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy) the survival rate increased impressively from (29% to 58%).
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011379:Prognosis; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000601:surgery*; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D004317:Doxorubicin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D008727:Methotrexate
vernacular_title: Weichteilsarkome im Kindesalter.