Urogenital rhabdomyosarcoma in Nigerian children

Familusi, J.B.; Nkposong, E.O.; Attah, E.B.

Tropical and Geographical Medicine 29(1): 29-34

1977


ISSN/ISBN: 0041-3232
PMID: 883007
Document Number: 122552
Four cases of urogenital rhabdomyosarcoma in Nigerian children are reported. One of the patients is alive and well six years after surgical excision of a stage 1 tumour. The remaining three children had more advanced neoplasms and died soon after surgery despite adjuvant therapy with one or more cytotoxic agents. The probable value of combination chemotherapy with vincristine, actinomycin D and cyclophosphamide in this tumour type is discussed.

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