Pediatric rhabdomyosarcomas of the genitourinary tract

JT Castle, BE Levy, DB Allison, DA Rodeberg… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Rhabdomyosarcomas are soft tissue tumors more commonly found in
children than adults. The diagnosis and management of these tumors continues to change …

Zebrafish—A Suitable Model for Rapid Translation of Effective Therapies for Pediatric Cancers

D Roy, B Subramaniam, WC Chong, M Bornhorst… - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cancer stands as the leading cause of death among children and
adolescents in the United States. Some of these pediatric cancers are highly aggressive and …

Piperacetazine Directly Binds to the PAX3:: FOXO1 Fusion Protein and Inhibits Its Transcriptional Activity

K Nakazawa, T Shaw, YK Song, M Kouassi-Brou… - Cancer Research …, 2023 - AACR
The tumor-specific chromosomal translocation product, PAX3:: FOXO1, is an aberrant fusion
protein that plays a key role for oncogenesis in the alveolar subtype of rhabdomyosarcoma …

Impact of race and ethnicity on presentation and outcomes of patients treated on rhabdomyosarcoma clinical trials: A report from the Children's Oncology Group

SR Munnikhuysen, PA Ekpo, W Xue, Z Gao… - Cancer …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Racial and ethnic disparities have been demonstrated in pediatric and adult
cancers. However, there is no consensus on whether such disparities exist in the …

Roadmap for the next generation of Children's Oncology Group rhabdomyosarcoma trials

JL Metts, JM Aye, JN Crane, S Oberoi, FM Balis… - Cancer, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Clinical trials conducted by the Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) Study Group and the
Children's Oncology Group have been pivotal to establishing current standards for diagnosis …

Improving Individualized Rhabdomyosarcoma Prognosis Predictions Using Somatic Molecular Biomarkers

M Zobeck, J Khan, R Venkatramani, MF Okcu… - JCO Precision …, 2025 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Molecular markers increasingly influence risk-stratified treatment selection for
pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS). This study aims to integrate molecular and clinical data …

[HTML][HTML] A pilot study to evaluate the combination of surgery and brachytherapy for local tumor control in young children with perianal rhabdomyosarcoma

A Schmidt, D Baumann, U Lamprecht, B Mayer… - Clinical and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Perianal rhabdomyosarcoma ((P) RMS) are rare and have a poor
prognosis. Data in young children are limited and local therapy is not well defined …

Reconstructive Approaches to Oncologic Upper and Lower Extremity Resection in Pediatric Populations: A Retrospective NSQIP-P Analysis of 428 Patients

DK Kim, K Gu, WK Tyler, CH Rohde… - Journal of Plastic …, 2025 - Elsevier
Introduction Tumors of the soft tissue and bone in the upper and lower extremities are more
common in pediatric populations than the general adult population and often require …

Differentiation-dependent chromosomal organization changes in normal myogenic cells are absent in rhabdomyosarcoma cells

J Ibarra, T Hershenhouse, L Almassalha… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Myogenesis, the progression of proliferating skeletal myoblasts to terminally differentiated
myotubes, regulates thousands of target genes. Uninterrupted linear arrays of such genes …

PAX fusion proteins deregulate gene networks controlling mitochondrial translation in pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma

B Kalita, G Martinez-Cebrian, J McEvoy, M Allensworth… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (ARMS) patients harboring PAX3-FOXO1 and PAX7-FOXO1
fusion proteins exhibit a greater incidence of tumor relapse, metastasis, and poor survival …