Rhabdomyosarcoma
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Orthopaedic Oncology Service
Mass General - Boston
55 Fruit Street
Yawkey Building, Suite 3B
Boston,
MA
02114
Phone: 617-724-3700
Fax: 617-726-6823
Explore Rhabdomyosarcoma
Rhabdomyosarcoma is the most common soft tissue sarcoma in children, occurring more in boys than girls. About 15-20% of all soft tissue sarcomas are rhabdomyosarcomas. There are four types:
- embryonal
- boytroid
- alveolar
- pleomorphic
The location of the tumor is related to the patient's age. Head, neck and pelvis are the most common sites in younger patients. In adolescents, extremity and testicular tumors are the most common because rhabdomyosarcoma has a significant rate of metastases to lymph nodes.
Treatment for extremity rhabdomyosarcoma involves adjuvant therapy (chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy) and usually wide margin excisions. The local recurrence rate is very high if surgical margins are not adequate.
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- Acting Chief, Orthopaedic Oncology Service
- Program Director, Musculoskeletal Oncology Fellowship Program
- Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
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Santiago Lozano-Calderon, MD, PhD
- Orthopaedic Oncology Surgeon
- Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
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- Orthopaedic Oncology Surgeon
- Instructor in Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
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- Chief, Orthopaedic Spine Surgery
- Director, Spine Oncology & Co-Director, Stephan L. Harris Chordoma Center
- Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
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- Nurse Practitioner, Doctor of Nursing, Clinical Director for Orthopaedic Oncology Service
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- Inpatient Nurse Practitioner
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