Article Type
Original Study
Abstract
Multiple risk factors ware found to affect the prognosis of soft tissue sarcoma. They include age, sex, histolog-ic type and grade, tumour site and size (Rooseretal., 1988). Rhabdomyosarcoma is the most common pediatric soft tissue sarcoma (Young and Miller, 1975). Overall survival rates have increased from less than 20 % in 1960 to as high as 70 % { Creen and Jaffe, 1978 ). Appropriate therapy is developed by integrating surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy with supportive care (Ghavimi etal., 1975). The potential for chemotherapy and radiation therapy to control gross and microscopic metastatic disease decreases the need of aggressive surgery which result in functional and cosmetic morbidity, the optimum sequencing as well as the extent of surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy are continually evolving. The aim of this retrospective work is to study and analyse the clinicoe-pidemiologic characters of pediatric soft tissue sarcoma with review of treatment and survival.
Recommended Citation
EL - Shahat, A. H and Shams, N. M
(1990)
"PEDIATRIC SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA CLIN1COE-PIDEM10LOGIC STUDY WITH REVIEW OF TREATMENT AND SURVIVAL,"
Mansoura Medical Journal: Vol. 19
:
Iss.
1
, Article 19.
Available at:
https://doi.org/10.21608/mjmu.1990.138856
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