Radiotherapy and adjuvant combination chemotherapy for childhood rhabdomyosarcoma.
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Coordinated treatment of childhood rhabdomyosarcoma with surgery, radiotherapy, and combination chemotherapy.
Twenty children with rhabdomyosarcoma were treated in a coordinated program utilizing surgery, radiotherapy, and combination chemotherapy. Therapy was determined by the stage of disease at which treatment was initiated. Of the 20 patients, 15 developed complete regression of tumor; 4 patients developed partial response. Of the 9 patients who are alive, 7 have been tumor free for 2 to 39 months....
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1976
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.6004.247