Perspective on Childhood Cancer

Editor’s Note: September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and SMA's Jennifer Price had the opportunity to speak with one mother who is honoring her daughter’s life and legacy by giving back and raising awareness about pediatric cancer. How It Began When her daughter Elaine was diagnosed with metastatic alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, Laura Roberts found herself...

Case Report

Two Rare Breast Tumors in a Small Community Hospital

Rhabdomyosarcoma and schwannoma are two of the rarer tumors seen in the surgical setting, and it is rarer still to see these tumors originate in the breast. Rhabdomyosarcoma has an incidence of only 250 cases a year in the United States; of these, more than 90% are seen in individuals…

Case Report

Rhabdomyosarcoma Presenting With Destructive Large Lesion of the Face

Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is the most common soft tissue sarcoma in children and adolescents. RMS may be detected anywhere in the body, although the head and neck are the most involved areas. Prognostic factors of RMS include tumor status, primary tumor site, localization in the organ or tissue of origin, patient…