Rhabdomyosarcoma | Rhabdomyosarcoma pathology outlines
SkiptoContentSearchMenuYouarehereHome>TypesofCancer>Rhabdomyosarcoma-Childhood>Rhabdomyosarcoma-Childhood:StatisticsRhabdomyosarcoma-Childhood:StatisticsApprovedbytheCancer.NetEditorialBoard,02/2021ONTHISPAGE: Youwillfindinformationaboutthenumberofchildrenandteenswhoarediagnosedwithrhabdomyosarcomaeachyear.Youwillalsoreadgeneralinformationonsurvivingthedisease.Remember,survivalratesdependonseveralfactors.Usethemenutoseeotherpages.About400to500peoplearediagnosedwithrhabdomyosarcomaeachyear.Mostpeoplewhoarediagnosedwithrhabdomyosarcomaarechildrenorteens.Morethanhalfofchildhoodrhabdomyosarcomasarediagnosedinthoseunderage10.EachyearintheUnitedStates,rhabdomyosarcomaaccountsfor3%ofcancersinchildrenages0to14and1%ofcancersinteensages15to19.Itisthemostcommonsoft-tissuesarcomainchildren.Boysareslightlymorelikelytodevelopthediseasethangirls.The5-yearsurvivalratetellsyouwhatpercentofchildrenandteensliveatleast5yearsafterthecancerisfound.Percentmeanshowmanyoutof100.The5-yearsurvivalrateforchildrenyoungerthan15is70%overall.The5-yearsurvivalrateforteensages15to19is46%.However,theratevarieswidelydependingonthetumorlocation,stageandriskgroup,andthechild’sage.Childrenages1to9haveabetterprognosisthanpeopleinotheragegroups.The5-yearsurvivalrateforchildrenwhohavelow-riskrhabdomyosarcomarangesfrom70%tomorethan90%.The5-yearsurvivalrateforchildrenintheintermediate-riskgrouprangesfromabout50%to70%.Whenthecancerbecomeshighrisk,spreadingwidelyinthebody,the5-yearsurvivalraterangesfrom20%to30%. Itisimportanttorememberthatstatisticsonthesurvivalratesforchildrenandteenswithrhabdomyosarcomaareanestimate.TheestimatecomesfromannualdatabasedonthenumberofchildrenandteenswiththiscancerintheUnitedStates.Also,expertsmeasurethesurvivalrateevery5years.Sotheestimatemaynotshowtheresultsofbetterdiagnosisortreatmentavailableforlessthan5years.Talkwithyourchild’sdoctorifyouhaveanyquestionsaboutthisinformation.Learnmoreabout understandingstatistics.StatisticsadaptedfromtheAmericanCancerSocietywebsiteandSeigelR,e
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