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Sarcoma of the bladder and prostate in children. Rationale for the role of radiation therapy based on a review of the literature and a report of fourteen additional patients
Author(s) -
Tefft Melvin,
Jaffe Norman
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197311)32:5<1161::aid-cncr2820320525>3.0.co;2-v
Subject(s) - medicine , rhabdomyosarcoma , radiation therapy , prostate , chemotherapy , cystectomy , embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma , sarcoma , surgery , urinary bladder , radical surgery , urology , bladder cancer , cancer , pathology
One hundred twenty‐five cases of sarcoma of the bladder and prostate in children have been reviewed from the literature. Eighty‐seven arose in the bladder and 37 in the prostate. One arose in an unknown site. Seventy percent of patients with rhabdomyosarcoma of the bladder survived following total cystectomy; no patient survived following more limited surgical resection. Five of 25 patients with rhabdomyosarcoma of the prostate survived following limited or radical surgery, irradiation in 3 patients, and chemotherapy in all cases. No patient survived without chemotherapy. Review of our own experience revealed a survival of 78% (seven of nine patients) for rhabdomyosarcoma of the bladder following radical surgery. Four of these patients had chemotherapy and two had irradiation also.