Pelvic rhabdomyosarcoma: a review of the RPMI experience

Between 1959 and 1983, 16 patients with pelvic rhabdomyosarcoma were treated at Roswell Park Memorial Institute (RPMI). A multidisciplinary approach was utilized consisting of surgery, radiotherapy (XRT), and combined chemotherapy which resulted in prolonged survivals of thirteen to one hundred forty-four months in 10 patients. This improved survival was observed despite the fact that 63 per cent of the patients (10/16) presented with advanced stages of the disease. Herein we present a retrospective study of these 16 patients.