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Childhood soft tissue sarcomas account for approximately 10% of all childhood cancers. About half of all childhood soft tissue sarcomas are rhabdomyosarcoma, which arises from skeletal muscle, these are most common between the ages of 2 and 6. The other
soft tissue sarcomas of childhood include a wide range of different histologies including fibrosarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, liposarcoma, schwannoma, soft tissue Ewing's / peripheral neuroectodermal tumours, synovial sarcoma and many other types. These
non-rhabdo sarcomas are more common in adults, but these tumours usually behave quite differently in children compared to the same tumours in adults.
See also  General / Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma Resources (in InterNet Resources for Cancer)
See also Molecular Biology of Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Parent's information for Childhood Soft Tissue (Non-Rhabdomyosarcoma) (CancerNet) Information about the disease, staging, and treatment overviews. It is reviewed each month by a panel of medical experts.
- Parent's information for Childhood Rhabdomyosarcoma (CancerNet) Information about the disease, staging, and treatment overviews. It is reviewed each month by a panel of medical experts.
- Alistair's Home Page Alistair was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma, age 11. This page tells his story with information about the disease and treatment and how Alistair has done since finishing therapy in February 1996. Great pictures and art work.
- Cassandra's Home Page Home page of a child diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Children's Oncology Group Soft Tissue Sarcoma Committee (COG STS) (USA) COG STS is funded by the National Cancer Institute and conducts research into rhabdomyosarcoma. The web site includes material for public and health professionals including details about the disease and information about clinical trials.
- General information for rhabdomyosarcoma (St Jude's Children's Research Hospital)
- Joshua Gilbert Rhabdomyosarcoma Appeal (UK) a charity founded in the memory of Joshua who died from Rhabdomyosarcoma in 1994. The appeal was established to raise money for research into this disease. The site includes details of the charity, research reports, events etc.
- Paediatric - Soft Tissue Sarcoma (Royal Marsden Hospital, UK) An on-line booklet.
- Pediatric Oncology Resource Center: Rhabdomyosarcoma (USA) This page contains information and links on various aspects of childhood leukemia. It is part of the Pediatric Oncology Resource Center, a site produced by parents of children with cancer, hosted by Association of Cancer Online Resources.
- Rhabdomyosarcoma (UK) a factsheet produced by the United Kingdom Children's Cancer Study Group and CancerBacup linked to the UKCCSG booklet "A Parent's Guide to Children's Cancers".
- Stories and Faces: Rhabdomyosarcoma (Pediatric Oncology Resource Center) List of home pages of children affected by rhabdomyosarcoma
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- Physician's PDQ statement for Childhood Rhabdomyosarcoma (CancerNet) A referenced overview of the disease, cellular classification, staging, and current treatment overviews. It is reviewed each month by experts at the NCI.
- Physician's PDQ statement for Childhood Soft Tissue(Non-Rhabdomyosarcoma) (CancerNet) A referenced overview of the disease, cellular classification, staging, and current treatment overviews. It is reviewed each month by experts at the NCI.
- Childhood Soft Tissue Sarcomas (USA) Part of a SEER report on cancer incidence and survival among children and adolescents; 1975-1995. PDF format.
- Sarcoma (Journal) a peer reviewed international journal publishing papers covering all aspects of connective tissue oncology research. Table of Contents Email service.
- Medline Search: Childhood Soft Tissue Sarcoma (PubMed)
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- Medline Search: Rhabdomyosarcoma (PubMed)
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