Biopsy or debulking surgery as initial surgery for locally advanced rhabdomyosarcomas in children? The experience of the Italian Cooperative Group studies

Cancer

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2561-2567

  Cecchetto, Giovanni ^a,e   Bisogno, Gianni ^a   De Corti, Federica ^a   Dall'Igna, Patrizia ^a   Inserra, Alessandro ^b   Ferrari, Andrea ^c   Garaventa, Alberto ^d   Scagnellato, Angela ^a   Carli, Modesto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Debulking surgery; Pediatric soft tissue sarcomas; Rhabdomyosarcoma; Survival

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 36448957159     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23079     Document Type: Article

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