Rhabdomyosarcoma
Rhabomyosarcoma is a form of soft-tissue sarcoma that occurs often in children.[1] It has different cellular subtypes, including embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma and aveolar rhabdomyosarcoma.[1] Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma is the cellular subtype in slightly more than half of patients.[1] It can arise in the parameningeal area, genitourinary region, in the eye, area in and around the head and neck, or extremities (arms/legs).[1]
Treatment [change]
Rhabdomyosarcoma is usually treated with radiation, chemotherapy, and surgery if it has not spread beyond the primary site.
Prognosis [change]
Patients whose disease has not spread beyond the primary tumor have a five-year survival rate of up to 80% when treated well, but patients whose disease has spread past the primary tumor have a five-year survival rate of only 30%.[1]
