Diseases

Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma

A form of RHABDOMYOSARCOMA arising primarily in the head and neck, especially the orbit, of children below the age of 10. The cells are smaller than those of other rhabdomyosarcomas and are of two basic cell types: spindle cells and round cells. This cancer is highly sensitive to chemotherapy and has a high cure rate with multi-modality therapy. (From Holland et al., Cancer Medicine, 3d ed, p2188)

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A form of RHABDOMYOSARCOMA arising primarily in the head and neck, especially the orbit, of children below the age of 10. The cells are smaller than those of other rhabdomyosarcomas and are of two basic cell types: spindle cells and round cells. This cancer is highly sensitive to chemotherapy and has a high cure rate with multi-modality therapy. (From Holland et al., Cancer Medicine, 3d ed, p2188)

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  • Rhabdomyosarcoma, Embryonal
  • Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcomas
  • Rhabdomyosarcomas, Embryonal

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.

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  • Rhabdomyosarcoma (1966-1993)

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018233. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018233
  2. Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embryonal_rhabdomyosarcoma
  3. Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5370233