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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ||
Rhabdomyosarcoma is a relatively rare form of cancer. It is most common soft tissue [[sarcoma]] in children | Rhabdomyosarcoma is a relatively rare form of cancer. It is most common soft tissue [[sarcoma]] in children. It accounts for 5-8% of childhood cancers and and 19% of all pediatric soft tissue sarcomas. | ||
===Incidence=== | ===Incidence=== | ||
Incidence may depend on the histologic subtype of rhabdomyosarcoma: | Incidence may depend on the histologic subtype of rhabdomyosarcoma: | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Epidemiology and Demographics
Rhabdomyosarcoma is a relatively rare form of cancer. It is most common soft tissue sarcoma in children. It accounts for 5-8% of childhood cancers and and 19% of all pediatric soft tissue sarcomas.
Incidence
Incidence may depend on the histologic subtype of rhabdomyosarcoma:
- Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma: Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma peaks in 0 to 4 year age group at approximately 0.4 cases per 100,000 children, with a lower rate in adolescents, approximately 0.15 cases per 100,000 adolescents.
- Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma: The incidence of alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma does not vary by gender and is constant from ages 0 to 19 years at approximately 0.1 case per 100,000 children and adolescents.
- Undifferentiated sarcoma: Infants younger than 1 year have a higher incidence of undifferentiated sarcoma.
Age
- Rhabdomyosarcoma is most commonly seen in children aged one to five years old.
- Less commonly, it can also present in teens aged 15 to 19, and can even develop in adulthood, though this is even more rare.
- The incidence is 0.45 cases for 100,000 children and 50% of cases are seen in the first decade of life.