Rhabdomyosarcoma
By: Hannah Skinner
What is Cancer?
What is Rhabdomyosarcoma?
Where does it affect?
Causes
Symptoms and Effects
Here is a list of different symptoms for the different locations:
http://www.cancer.net/cancer-types/rhabdomyosarcoma-childhood/symptoms-and-signs
Treatments
Very rarely is this cancer terminal. The rate of survival really depends on what risk type of the cancer you have. The overall 5 year survival rate is about 68%.
5 year survival rates for the risk groups are:
Low risk group - 90%
Intermediate risk group - 60% to 80%
High risk group - 20% to 40%
Works Cited
"Rhabdomyosarcoma - Childhood." Cancer.Net. N.p., 16 June 2014. Web. 13 Nov. 2015.
http://www.cancer.net/cancer-types/rhabdomyosarcoma-childhood
"Survival Rates for Rhabdomyosarcoma by Risk Group." Survival Rates for Rhabdomyosarcoma by Risk Group. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Nov. 2015.
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/rhabdomyosarcoma/detailedguide/rhabdomyosarcoma-staging-survival-rates