 Rhabdomyosarcoma, Embryonal
"Rhabdomyosarcoma, Embryonal" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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)
| Descriptor ID |
D018233
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.450.590.550.660.675 C04.557.450.795.550.660.675
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| Concept/Terms |
Rhabdomyosarcoma, Embryonal- Rhabdomyosarcoma, Embryonal
- Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcomas
- Rhabdomyosarcomas, Embryonal
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rhabdomyosarcoma, Embryonal" by people in Profiles.
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Hollowell ML, Goulart RA, Gang DL, Otis CN, Prior J, Sachs BF, Pantanowitz L. Cytologic features of müllerian papilloma of the cervix: mimic of malignancy. Diagn Cytopathol. 2007 Sep; 35(9):607-11.
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Weigel BJ, Rodeberg DA, Krieg AM, Blazar BR. CpG oligodeoxynucleotides potentiate the antitumor effects of chemotherapy or tumor resection in an orthotopic murine model of rhabdomyosarcoma. Clin Cancer Res. 2003 Aug 01; 9(8):3105-14.
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