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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 6.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2012 Sep 7;60(3):371–376. doi: 10.1002/pbc.24289

TABLE II.

Best Response Of 24 IRSG Patients With Localized Orbital Rhabdomyosarcoma, Undifferentiated Sarcoma, Or Soft-tissue Sarcoma Not Otherwise Specified, Who Later Relapsed: Salvage Treatment And Survival*

Patient Number Best Response RT (Gray) Prior to Relapse; Evaluation Sites of Relapse Time to Relapse in Years Salvage Therapy Years After 1° Relapse; + = Alive
1 CR 50.4; WPG [1]: L parietal brain met., anaplastic ERMS 2.62 ~90% tumor removal, no other data Died due to tumor, 1.79
[2]: local recurrence 0.38 after [1]
2 Inc.Dis. 45, WPG Local 0.613 Exenteration; E, I 8.41 +
3 Inc.Dis. 45.0; WPG Local 0.210 V, C, D 12.8+
4 PR 48.6; WPG Local 1.11 C, D, E, P; gross total excision of tumor 8.12+
5 PR 50.4; WPG Local 1.69 E, I x2; enucleation; D, DTIC x6, Exent. 6.87+
6 PR 45; WPG Local 1.31 V,C,D,E,P; Exent.; RT 17.0+
7 PR 54.2; rate too slow Local 0.985 C, D, E, P; Exent.; brachy. RT for microresidual tumor 11.1+
8 CR 45; WPG Local, extended to cavernous sinus 2.30 Enucleation; D, E, I, P 0.043+
9 Inc.Dis. 0; MPD Local; no chemo after day 22 0.057 E, I; RT 7.58+
10 CR 41.4; WPG Local 7.05 Exent.; no other data 3.37+
11 CR 41.4; volume too large Local 1.08 D, E, I, P 7.49+
12 CR 45, WPG [1] Local [1] 1.5 [1] D, I 13.3+
[2] L parotid mucoepithelial carcinoma: SMN [2] 6.0 after [1] [2] No information
13 CR 41.4; WPG Local 1.57 Exent.; V, C, D 6.48+
14 CR 50.4; WPG Local 0.785 E, I 0.679+
15 CR 50.4; WPG Local, extended to maxillary antrum 6.43 E, I; followed by V, A, C 0.846+
16 PR 45; WPG Local 1.59 Exent.; V, C, D, E, I 10.2+
17 CR 0; MPD [1] Local 1.69 Exent., V, C, D, I; RT,45 Gray Died due to tumor, 2.49
[2] Local 3.89 Taxol
18 PR 41.4; MPD, volume low Local, 0.914 C, D, E, I; RT 13.0+
19 CR 35.7; dose low Local 5.75 V, D, E; RT, 50 Gy; tumorectomy 8.13+
20 CR 50.4; WPG Local 2.03 Enucleation; P; no other data 6.13+
21 CR 41.4; WPG Local 1.84 Biopsy pos.; no other data 5.84+
22 CR 50.6; HF-RT dose too low R Parotid, with 1 pos., 2 neg. node biopsies 2.39 No data 5.74+
23 NR 0, MPD; sibling with cerebral palsy at home Local, multiple times; invaded frontal lobe 1.29 Exenteration, RT; later, cystic brain necrosis 6.71+
24 CR 41.4; WPG Local 1.14 E, I; Exent.; D, V 5.03+
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Abbreviations: See Table 1; CR, complete response, PR, partial response; Inc.Dis., increasing disease (local progression); NR, no response; WPG, within protocol guidelines; MPD, major protocol deviation; D, doxorubicin; DTIC, dimethyl triazeno imidazole carboxamide (dacarbazine); E, etoposide; P, cisplatin; R, right; L, left; pos., positive (tumor present); neg., negative (tumor not present); Exent., orbital exenteration; SMN, second malignant neoplasm; brachy. RT, brachytherapy; AWD, alive with disease; met., metastasis; 1°, first.