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How do you approach local control in intermediate risk bladder rhabdomyosarcoma in very young (<24 months) children ?

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Radiation Oncology · St Jude Children's Research Hospital

These two approaches are probably equivalent in qualified hands (cystectomy / prostatectomy or definitive RT) in terms of local control. This issue is balancing morbidity.

The surgical approach in many cases will require a full cystectomy, necessitating the creation of a neobladder or some other re...

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