What is Rhabdomyosarcom.

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A cancer likley found in kids an some teens .

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A rhabdomyosarcoma is a type of cancer, specifically a sarcoma (cancer of connective tissues), in which the cancer cells arise from skeletal muscle. Rhabdomyosarcomas predominantly affect children and young adults, but they may rarely affect older adults.

Diagnosis of rhabdomyosarcoma depends on recognition of differentiation toward skeletal muscle cells. The protein myo D1 is a protein normally found in developing skeletal muscle cells which disappears after the muscle matures and becomes innervated by a nerve. Thus, myo D1 is not found in normal skeletal muscle and serves as a useful histochemical marker of rhabdomyosarcoma.

Treatment for rhabdomyosarcoma consists of chemotherapy and radiation therapy.

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It is a fast growing, highly malignant tumor. You can read more info at these links
http://www.acor.org/ped-onc/diseases/rhabdo.html
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001429.htm
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I am a nurse for over 20 yrs

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