HomeQuestion
Would differentiating between embryonal vs alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma of the nasal cavity change your neoadjuvant chemotherapy regimen or make you consider neoadjuvant radiation in a locally advanced pleomorphic RMS?
1 Answers
Mednet Member
Medical Oncology · University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
The historic Embryonal vs. Alveolar differentiation is being replaced by a (PAX-FOXO) fusion positive vs. negative classification given the prognostic significance. In either case, the chemotherapy regimen is not likely to change in an adult patient. Pleomorphic RMS on the other hand, more common in...