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Rhabdomyosarcoma
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Rhabdomyosarcoma is a type of cancer where uncontrolled growth of muscle cells may cause pain and other symptoms related to where the growth occurs.
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge
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Internal Medicine
42 years experience
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Is a type of:
Cancer
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Heart tumor
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Sarcoma
How long it usually lasts:
Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)
How common is it?
Rare
Medications
Ratings show how effective doctors think these medications are at treating Rhabdomyosarcoma
Doxorubicin
3.7
9 reviews
Ifosfamide
3.3
10 reviews
Epirubicin
3.3
11 reviews
Dactinomycin
3.3
8 reviews
Dacarbazine
2.9
10 reviews
Gemcitabine
2.1
12 reviews
Cosmegen
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