Soft tissue sarcoma of the hand in children: Clinical outcome and management

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 698-702

  Gross, Eitan ^a   Rao, Bhaskar N ^a,b   Pappo, Alberto S ^a   Michalkiewicz, Edson ^a   Hudson, Melissa M ^a   Kaste, Sue C ^a   Greenwald, Carol A ^a   Pratt, Charles B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

hand; Soft tissue sarcomas

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER GROWTH; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HAND SURGERY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030961871     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(97)90008-7     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Miser JS, Pizzo PA: Soft tissue sarcomas in childhood. Pediatr Clin North Am 32:779-800, 1985
2. Maurer HM, Beltangady M, Gehan EA, et al: The intergroup rhabdomyosarcoma study-I. A final report. Cancer 61:209-220, 1988
3. Harmer MH (ed): TNM classification of pediatric tumors UICC International Union Against Cancer, Geneva, Switzerland, 1982, pp 23-28
4. Parham DM, Webber BL, Jenkins JJ, et al: Nonrhabdomyosarcomatous soft tissue sarcomas of childhood: Formulation of a simplified system for grading. Mod Pathol 8:705-710, 1995
5. Brien EW, Terek RM, Greer RJ, et al. Treatment of soft-tissue sarcomas of the hand. J Bone Joint Surg 77-A:564-571, 1995
6. Owens JC, Shiu MH, Smith R, et al: Soft tissue sarcomas of the hand and foot. Cancer 55.2010-2018, 1985
7. Colon F, Upton J: Pediatric hand tumors, a review of 349 cases. Hand Clin 11:223-243, 1995
8. Okunieff P, Suit HD, Phil D, et al: Extremity preservation by combined modality treatment of sarcomas of the hand and wrist. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Physiol 12:1923-1929, 1986
9. Young JL, Miller RW: Incidence of malignant tumors in U.S. children. J Pediatr 86:254-258, 1975
10. Horn RC, Enterline HT: Rhabdomyosarcoma, a clinicopathological study and classification of 39 cases. Cancer 11:181-199, 1958
11. Sutow WW, Sullivan MP, Ried HL, et al: Prognosis in childhood RMS. Cancer 25:1384-1390, 1970
12. Hayes DM, Newton W, Soule EH, et al: Mortality among children with rhabdomyosarcomas of the alveolar histologic subtype. J Ped Surg 18:412-217, 1983
13. Enzinger FM, Weiss SW: Malignant tumors of uncertain histogenesis, in Enzinger FM, Weiss SW (eds): Soft Tissue Tumors, St. Louis, Mosby, 1988, pp 929-965
14. Rosenberg SA, Tepper J, Glatstein E, et al: The treatment of soft tissue sarcomas of the extremities. Ann Surg 196:305-315, 1982
15. Talbert ML, Zagars GK, Sherman NE, et al: Conservative surgery and radiation for soft tissue sarcomas of the wrist, hand, ankle and foot. Cancer 66:2482-2491, 1990
16. Heslin MJ, Woodruff J, Brennan MF: Prognostic significance of a positive microscopic margin in high risk extremity soft tissue sarcoma: Implications for management. J Clin Oncol 14:473-478, 1996
17. Tepper JE, Suit HD: Radiation therapy of soft tissue sarcomas. Cancer 55:2272-2277, 1985
18. Mazeron JJ, Suit HD: Lymph nodes as sites of metastases from sarcomas of soft tissue. Cancer 60:1800-1808, 1987
19. Mandell L, Ghavimi F, LaQuaglia M, et al: Prognostic significance of regional lymph node involvement in childhood extremity rhabdomyosarcoma. Med Pediatr Oncol 18:466-471, 1990
20. Halperin EC, Constine LS, Tarbett NJ. et al: Rhabdomyosarcoma, in Halperin EC, Constine LS, Tarbett NJ, et al (eds): Pediatric Radiation Oncology, (ed 2) chap 11: New York, NY, Raven Press, 1994, pp 303-340
21. Banis JC, Acland RD: Managing the outer limits of reconstruction with microsurgical free tissue transfer. Arch Surg 119:673-679, 1984