Surgical Management of Extremity Rhabdomyosarcoma: A Consensus Opinion from the Children’s Oncology Group, European Pediatric Soft Tissue Sarcoma Study Group, and the Cooperative Weichteilsarkom Studiengruppe

Morris CD, Tunn P, Rodeberg DA, van Scheltinga ST, Binitie O, Godzinski J, Dall'Igna P, Million L, Hawkins DS, Koscielniak E, Bisogno G, Rogers T. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2020 Aug 9;e28608. doi: 10.1002/pbc.28608.

Abstract
The treatment of extremity rhabdomyosarcoma remains a challenge due to several adverse prognostic factors frequently associated with this tumor site. The International Soft-Tissue Sarcoma Database Consortium (INSTRuCT) is a collaboration of the Children's Oncology Group Soft-Tissue Sarcoma Committee, the European Pediatric Soft-Tissue Sarcoma Study Group, and the Cooperative Weichteilsarkom Studiengruppe. The INSTRuCT surgical committee developed an internationally applicable consensus opinion document for the surgical treatment of extremity rhabdomyosarcoma. This document addresses surgical management, including biopsy, nodal staging, timing of therapy, resection and reexcision, reconstruction, and surgical approach at relapse.

Keywords: extremity; international; pediatric; rhabdomyosarcoma.