The intergroup rhabdomyosarcoma study‐II

@article{Maurer1993TheIR,
  title={The intergroup rhabdomyosarcoma study‐II},
  author={Harold M. Maurer and Edmund A. Gehan and Mohan S. Beltangady and William M. Crist and Paul S. Dickman and Sarah S. Donaldson and Christopher Fryer and Denman Hammond and Daniel M. Hays and J Herrmann and Ruth M. Heyn and Patt Jones and Walter Lawrence and William A. Newton and Jorge A. Ortega and Abdelsalam H. Ragab and Richard Beverly Raney and Frederick B. Ruymann and Edward H. Soule and Melvin Tefft and Bruce L. Webber and Eugene S. Wiener and Moody D. Wharam and Teresa J. Vietti},
  journal={Cancer},
  year={1993},
  volume={71}
}
Background. Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Study (IRS)‐II, (1978–1984) had the general goals of improving the survival and treatment of children with rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS). 
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This paper focuses on imaging for diagnosis, staging, and follow-up of noncraniofacial RMS, the most common soft-tissue sarcoma of childhood.
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Rhabdomyosarcoma in infants younger than 1 year
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Factors affecting outcome for rhabdomyosarcoma of the female genital tract in patients treated on I–IV protocols I-IV were evaluated to define optimal therapy.
Is alveolar histotype a prognostic factor in paratesticular rhabdomyosarcoma? The experience of Italian and German Soft Tissue Sarcoma Cooperative Group
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