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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Shadan Mehraban, M.D.[2]
Overview
Treatment for rhabdomyosarcoma may consists of chemotherapy, radiation therapy and surgery. Chemotherapy may be given as neoadjuvant chemotherapy or adjuvant chemotherapy. Radiation therapy may be used as local therapy.
Medical Therapy
- Rhabdomyosarcoma treatment include combination of surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy.[1]
- Rhabdomyosarcoma treatments depends on staging classification and risk stratification. For more information click here.
- Rhabdomyosarcoma chemotherapy depends on patient's risk groups.
- Vincristine, actinomycin-d,and cyclophosphamide are the fundamental chemotherapy standard based on Children's Oncology Group.
- In low-risk patients, cyclophasphamide dosage and chemotherapy duration can be decreased in order to decline chemotherapy toxicity.
- Ifosfamide, vincristine, and actinomycin-d are the fundamental chemotherapy standard base on European Soft tissue Sarcoma Group.[2][3]
- Ifosfamide is used instead of cyclophosphamide to decrease gonadal toxicity amount.
- Patients's response to chemotherapy is classified to following groups:
Radiotherapy
- Radiation therapy may be used as local therapy. External beam radiation is used in some cases of rhabdomyosarcoma.
The treatment for rhabdomyosarcoma varies depending upon the location of tumor:[4]
| Location | Symptoms |
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| Head and neck | Wide local excision; chemotherapy +/- radiation therapy |
| Bone around the eye | Biopsy; chemotherapy + radiation therapy |
| Extremities | Wide local excision; resection of nearby lymph nodes; amputation for extensive tumors |
| Abdomen or pelvis | Neoadjvant therapy with chemotherapy and radiotherapy; wide local excision |
| Paratesticular region | Removal of testes and spermatic cord; ipsilateral retroperitoneal lymphnode resection |
References
- ↑ Hawkins DS, Gupta AA, Rudzinski ER (2014). "What is new in the biology and treatment of pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma?". Curr Opin Pediatr. 26 (1): 50–6. doi:10.1097/MOP.0000000000000041. PMC 4096484. PMID 24326270.
- ↑ Dantonello TM, Int-Veen C, Harms D, Leuschner I, Schmidt BF, Herbst M; et al. (2009). "Cooperative trial CWS-91 for localized soft tissue sarcoma in children, adolescents, and young adults". J Clin Oncol. 27 (9): 1446–55. doi:10.1200/JCO.2007.15.0466. PMID 19224858.
- ↑ Oberlin O, Rey A, Sanchez de Toledo J, Martelli H, Jenney ME, Scopinaro M; et al. (2012). "Randomized comparison of intensified six-drug versus standard three-drug chemotherapy for high-risk nonmetastatic rhabdomyosarcoma and other chemotherapy-sensitive childhood soft tissue sarcomas: long-term results from the International Society of Pediatric Oncology MMT95 study". J Clin Oncol. 30 (20): 2457–65. doi:10.1200/JCO.2011.40.3287. PMID 22665534.
- ↑ "Surgery for Rhabdomyosarcoma".