Is there a role for salvage re-irradiation in pediatric patients with locoregional recurrent rhabdomyosarcoma? Clinical outcomes from a multi-institutional cohort.

CONCLUSION: Salvage re-irradiation appears tolerable with acceptable morbidity and may reduce the risk of subsequent LR as a component of death in patients with LR RMS. PMID: 30017104 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - July 14, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Wakefield DV, Eaton BR, Dove APH, Hsu CY, Merchant TE, Pappo A, Davidoff AM, Esiashvili N, Krasin MJ, Lucas JT Tags: Radiother Oncol Source Type: research