The Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Study Group (IRSG): Major Lessons From the IRS-I Through IRS-IV Studies as Background for the Current IRS-V Treatment Protocols

R. Beverly Raney; Harold M. Maurer; James R. Anderson; Richard J. Andrassy; Sarah S. Donaldson; Stephen J. Qualman; Moody D. Wharam; Eugene S. Wiener; William M. Crist

doi:10.1080/13577140120048890

Sarcoma (Jan 2001)

The Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Study Group (IRSG): Major Lessons From the IRS-I Through IRS-IV Studies as Background for the Current IRS-V Treatment Protocols

R. Beverly Raney,
Harold M. Maurer,
James R. Anderson,
Richard J. Andrassy,
Sarah S. Donaldson,
Stephen J. Qualman,
Moody D. Wharam,
Eugene S. Wiener,
William M. Crist

Affiliations

R. Beverly Raney: Department of Clinical Pediatrics, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Harold M. Maurer: The Office of the Chancellor, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
James R. Anderson: The Department of Preventive and Societal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Richard J. Andrassy: Department of Surgery, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Sarah S. Donaldson: The Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California, USA
Stephen J. Qualman: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Columbus Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Moody D. Wharam: Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Eugene S. Wiener: The Department of Pediatric Surgery, Pittsburgh Children's Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
William M. Crist: Office of the Dean, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13577140120048890
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 9 – 15

Abstract

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Purpose. To enumerate lessons from studying 4292 patients with rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) in the Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Study Group (IRSG, 1972–1997).

Published in Sarcoma

ISSN: 1357-714X (Print); 1369-1643 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
Website: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/sarcoma/

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