Nonrhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcomas in children.
Nonrhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcomas are very rare tumors in the pediatric population and consist of a heterogeneous collection of subtypes. They can occur anywhere in the body, with the extremities the most common anatomic site. In the initial evaluation of a soft tissue mass, proper radiographic evaluation is best performed with magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, while tissue for diagnosis should be obtained with a well planned incisional biopsy. Complete surgical resection remains the cornerstone of therapy, but it is now recognized that multi-modal strategies incorporating surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy should be studied for incompletely resected tumors and those with poor prognostic indicators.
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Department of Surgery, Pennsylvania University Children's Hospital, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey 17033, USA.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D015996:Survival Rate