Biopsy or debulking surgery as initial surgery for locally advanced rhabdomyosarcomas in children?

@article{Cecchetto2007BiopsyOD,
  title={Biopsy or debulking surgery as initial surgery for locally advanced rhabdomyosarcomas in children?},
  author={Giovanni Cecchetto and Gianni Bisogno and Federica De Corti and Patrizia Dall'Igna and Alessandro Inserra and Andrea Ferrari and Alberto Garaventa and Angela Scagnellato and Modesto Carli},
  journal={Cancer},
  year={2007},
  volume={110}
}
The purpose of the current study was to analyze the influence of the initial surgical approach (biopsy vs resection with macroscopic residual tumors) on the outcome of patients with localized Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Study (IRS) Group III rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) enrolled in the Italian studies between 1979 and 2003. 
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