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Childhood Rhabdomyosarcoma 04 Treatment Options

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Description: Treatment Option Overview All children with rhabdomyosarcoma require multimodality therapy with systemic chemotherapy, in conjunction with either surgery, radiation therapy, or both modalities for local tumor control.[1-3] This entails surgical resection, if feasible without major functional/cosmetic impairment, followed by chemotherapy.

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Added: Mon Jul 09 2007
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