Therapy of Rhabdomyosarcoma in Children / 实用儿科临床杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the management therapy of pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma.Methods Retrospective analysis of treatment of 29 cases with rhabdomyoscroma from Oct.1998 to Jun.2006.Primary sites included 5 cases of neck,1 chest wall,2 abdominal wall,12 retroperitoneal pelvic cavity and 9 extremity.Pathologic types included embryonal type 19(65.5%),alveolar 8(27.6%),pleomorphic 2(6.9%).According to IRS staging system they were Ⅰstage(n=2),Ⅱstage(n=6),Ⅲstage(n=9)and Ⅳstage(n=12).Most tumors were large than 5 cm(n=26).Results Twenty-seven cases were followed up but 2 of the cases were lost,19 cases got complete remission(4 cases relapsed or died after stopping treatment for 3 months to 3 years and 1 case relapsed after giving up treatment for 3 months),4 cases got partial remission(3 cases relapsed after 6 months diagnosed),4 cases got no response(3 of which deteriorated or relapsed and 1 case surved with tumor).Fourteen cases had constant remission between 5-77 months,averaging 22.9 months with average guitting time of treatment 16.9 months.Conclusion Total tumor resection,chemotherapy and radiotherapy play an important role in management of pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma.