CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND OUTCOME IN CHILDHOOD RHABDOMYOSARCOMA–– AN INSTITUTIONAL EXPERIENCE

Bhargab Jyoti Saikia; Sreya Mallik; Munlima Hazarika; P. S. Roy

Volume : IX, Issue : IX, September - 2019

CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND OUTCOME IN CHILDHOOD RHABDOMYOSARCOMA–– AN INSTITUTIONAL EXPERIENCE

Bhargab Jyoti Saikia, Sreya Mallik, Munlima Hazarika, P. S. Roy

Abstract :

Background: Rhabdomyosarcoma is the most common soft tissue sarcoma in children constituting 3.5% of the cases of cancer among children aged 0 to 14 years. The aim of the study is to analyse demography, clinical characteristics and outcome of paediatric rhabdomyosarcoma. Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed on medical records of children with rhabdomyosarcoma who were treated at Dr. B. Borooah Cancer Institute from 2014 to 2017. Results: The median age of presentation was six years with male predominance. Head and neck was the most common primary site and emyonal was the most frequent histopathologic subtype with a favourable outcome. Lung was the most common site of distant metastasis. Overall survival rate at 1 year was 81.08% and at 2 year was 56.75%. Median progression free survival was 29.2 ± 5.3 months. Conclusion: The epidemiological characteristics of our patients are quite near to the worldwide data, apart from the survival.