Multidisciplinary treatment of rhabdomyosarcoma in childhood
Havers, W.; Schmitt, G.; Stollmann, B.
Helvetica Paediatrica Acta 34(5): 449-458
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0018-022X PMID: 528227 Document Number: 145872
From 1974 to 1978, 21 children with rhabdomyosarcoma were treated in a combined interdisciplinary protocol. All children received a polychemotherapy for 18 months. Radiotherapy and surgery were used according to the stage and localization of the tumor. The overall two-year survival rate is 86 +/- 9%, the tumor free survival rate is 78 +/- 11%. 7 patients have no evidence of disease after the end of treatment.