We report a 3-year and 11-month-old Caucasian female, who initially presented with an unresectable hepatic angiosarcoma. After three courses of chemotherapy with adriamycin/cisplatin, the tumor decreased in size considerably, allowing complete surgical resection. She also received postoperative chem
Successful treatment of a child with a primary intracranial rhabdomyosarcoma with chemotherapy and radiation therapy
โ Scribed by Gregory Michael Taylor Guilcher; Glenda Hendson; Karen Goddard; Paul Steinbok; Mason Bond
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 254 KB
- Volume
- 86
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-594X
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