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- Title
Successful treatment of a child with a primary intracranial rhabdomyosarcoma with chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
- Authors
Gregory Guilcher; Glenda Hendson; Karen Goddard; Paul Steinbok; Mason Bond
- Abstract
Abstract  Primary rhabdomyosarcoma of the central nervous system (CNS) is rare in both adults and children (Taratuto et al. (1985) Acta Neuropathol (Berl) 66(2):98â104). The outcome in the majority of cases is poor, and many cases are associated with early mortality (Celli et al. (1998) J Neurooncol 36(3):259â267). There are very few cases reported in the literature of survival beyond 2 years after diagnosis. We report a case of primary intracranial embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma in a 5-year-old girl who was treated successfully with local radiation therapy (RT) and a combination of two different chemotherapeutic regimens. The patient is clinically well 26 months after diagnosis, with no definitive evidence of residual disease.
- Subjects
RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; CANCER; MUSCLE tumors; INTRACRANIAL cysts
- Publication
Journal of Neuro-Oncology, 2008, Vol 86, Issue 1, p79
- ISSN
0167-594X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11060-007-9435-y