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ReviewIndian journal of pediatrics2017

Diagnosis and Management of Rhabdomyosarcoma in Children and Adolescents: ICMR Consensus Document.

Saroj Prasad Panda, Girish Chinnaswamy, Tushar Vora, Maya Prasad, Deepak Bansal, Gauri Kapoor, Venkatraman Radhakrishnan, Sandeep Agarwala, Siddharth Laskar, Brijesh Arora and 3 more

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Review in Indian journal of pediatrics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Non-inferior efficacy of non-surgical treatment to surgical treatment in patients with nonmetastatic head and neck rhabdomyosarcoma: a SEER-based study.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2023
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  13. Cardiac Tumors:JACC. CardioOncology · 2020
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  16. The British journal of radiology · 2019
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  19. Pediatric soft tissue sarcoma of the limbs: clinical outcome of 97 patients.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Saroj Prasad PandaDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India.
Girish ChinnaswamyDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India. girish.c.tmh@gmail.com.
Tushar VoraDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India.
Maya PrasadDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India.
Deepak BansalPediatric Hematology Oncology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Advanced Pediatric Center, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Gauri KapoorDepartment of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, India.
Venkatraman RadhakrishnanDepartment of Medical Oncology and Pediatric Oncology, Cancer Institute (W.I.A), Adyar, Chennai, India.
Sandeep AgarwalaDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Siddharth LaskarDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India.
Brijesh AroraDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India.
Tanvir KaurNCD Division, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, India.
G K RathDr. B.R.A Institute-Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Sameer BakhshiDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dr. B.R.A Institute-Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Tata Memorial Hospital · INAll India Institute of Medical Sciences · INCancer Institute (WIA) · INDR. B.R.A. Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital · INIndian Council of Medical Research · INPost Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research · INRajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is a highly malignant tumor which is thought to originate from the pluripotent mesenchyme. It is the most common soft-tissue sarcoma of childhood. This review article summarizes the recent and older published literature and gives an overview of management of RMS in children. RMS can arise in a wide variety of primary sites, some of which are associated with specific patterns of local invasion, regional lymph nodal spread, therapeutic response and long term outcome, hence requiring physicians to be familiar with site-specific staging and treatment details. Most common primary sites include the head and neck region, genitourinary tract, and extremities. Prognosis for children and adolescents with RMS has recently improved substantially, especially for patients with local or locally extensive disease because of the development of multi-modal therapy incorporating surgery, dose-intensive combination chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. Despite aggressive approaches the outcome for patients who present with metastatic disease remains unsatisfactory. Clinical trials are ongoing to reduce toxicity and improve outcomes of such patients; newer agents in combination are being investigated.

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AdolescentChildHumansIndiaRhabdomyosarcomaSoft Tissue NeoplasmsAlveolarEmbryonalPediatricRhabdomyosarcomaTreatment

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PMID28378141
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