Local staging and treatment in extremity rhabdomyosarcoma. A report from the EpSSG-RMS2005 study.

Sheila Terwisscha van ScheltingaMarc H W A WijnenHélène MartelliTimothy RogersHenry MandevilleMark N GazeKeiran McHughNadege CorradiniDaniel OrbachMeriel JenneyAnna KelseyJulia ChisholmSoledad GallegoHeidi GlosliAndrea FerrariIlaria ZanettiGian Luca De SalvoVeronique Minard ColinGiani BisognoMax M van NoeselHans H M Merks

Published in: Cancer medicine (2020)

Even if the lymph node staging was not always complete according to the RMS2005 protocol, node sampling changed lymph node status in a significant number of patients. Despite the higher rate of patients treated with locoregional radiotherapy, survival in RMS2005 did not improve compared to the previous European SIOP-MMT95 study.

Keyphrases

lymph node
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
sentinel lymph node
randomized controlled trial
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
early stage
radiation therapy
prognostic factors
soft tissue
pet ct
rectal cancer