Open AccessSuccessful Salvage and Long-Term Survival after Recurrent Malignant Rhabdoid Tumor
Author(s) -
Ryan D. Horazdovsky,
J. Carlos Manivel,
Edward Y. Cheng
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
sarcoma
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.781
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1369-1643
pISSN - 1357-714X
DOI - 10.1155/2007/53549
Subject(s) - medicine , malignant disease , salvage therapy , surgery , oncology , cancer , chemotherapy
Purpose . The objective of this study is to report a case of a rare, highly lethal tumor, extrarenal malignant rhabdoid tumor (EMRT) in a 43-year-old man who initially presented with a local recurrence and is now continuously disease free 14 years after aggressive surgical treatment. The case and literature are discussed.
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