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Orbital Rhabdomyosarcoma

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Radiotherapy of Intraocular and Orbital Tumors

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Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) accounts for 4%-8% of malignancies in children under 15 years old (Crist et al. 1990). RMS is the most common orbital malignancy in children and was the primary site in 65/686 (9.47%) patients reported in the Intergroup RMS studies I and II (Crist et al. 1990). Knowles et al. (1978) gathered data from four major reviews (Ashton and Morgan 1965; Frayer and Enterline 1959; Jones et al. 1965; Porterfield and Zimmerman 1962); of 161 patients, 64 (40%) were 0–5 years old, 57 (35%) were 6–10 years, 28 (17%) were 11–15 years, 7 (4%) were 16–20 years, 3 (2%) were 21–25 years, and 2 (1%) were older than 25. The average age was approximately 8 years in each of the four reviews and the median age was 6 years in the Intergroup RMS study. RMS is rare in the newborn and not common before 1 year. The oldest patient reported was 78 years (Kassel et al. 1965).

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  1. Radiation Oncology Division, Health Science Center, State University of New York, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NY, 13210, USA

    Robert H. Sagerman M.D., F.A.C.R. (Professor, Director)

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Sagerman, R.H. (1993). Orbital Rhabdomyosarcoma. In: Alberti, W.E., Sagerman, R.H. (eds) Radiotherapy of Intraocular and Orbital Tumors. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-97011-5_18

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