The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.

Previously Untreated Childhood Rhabdomyosarcoma

Added text to state that for patients with paratesticular tumors, repositioning the contralateral testicle prior to scrotal radiation may preserve hormone productivity (cited Grüschow et al. as reference 33 and added level of evidence 3iii).

Added text to state that in a French study, 20 patients with metastatic disease at diagnosis received window therapy with doxorubicin for two courses; 13 of 20 patients responded to therapy while four patients had progressive disease (cited Bergeron et al. as reference 70).

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