Local control of parameningeal rhabdomyosarcoma: An expert
consensus guideline from the International Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Consortium (INSTRuCT)
Dana L. Casey, MD1,2*, Henry Mandeville,
MD3, Julie A Bradley, MD4, Simone
A.J. ter Horst, MD PhD5, Anthony Sheyn,
MD6, Beate Timmermann, MD7, Suzanne
L. Wolden, MD8
1Department of Radiation Oncology, University of North
Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
2Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of
North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC
3Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, United
Kingdom; Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
4Department of Radiation Oncology, University of
Florida, Jacksonville, FL
5Department of Radiology, University Medical Center
Utrecht, Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the
Netherlands
6Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology,
University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
7 Department of Particle Therapy, University Hospital
Essen, West German Proton Therapy Centre Essen (WPE), West German Cancer
Center (WTZ), German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Essen, Germany
8 Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan
Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Brief Running title: Parameningeal rhabdomyosarcoma: INSTRuCT
consensus
*Corresponding Author : Dana L. Casey, MD University of North
Carolina School of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology, 101
Manning Drive CB #7512; Tel: (984)974-0400; E-mail:
dana_ casey@med.unc.edu
Abstract word count: 185
Text word count: 5806
Tables: 1
Figures: 1
Keywords: rhabdomyosarcoma, radiation therapy, parameningeal,
local control
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