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For extremity rhabdomyosarcomas (hand) with positive epitrochlear and axillary lymph nodes, do you treat the lymph nodes or just the primary?

What is the risk of joint issues if you treat the epitrochlear nodes?
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Radiation Oncology · Stanford University School of Medicine
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Treatment of extremity RMS (either hand or foot) requires either resection or radiation for local treatment, in the setting of effective systemic therapy. There are good data in the literature showing that the primary tumor can be effectively irradiated, while retaining function and form so to avoid...

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