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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Shadan Mehraban, M.D.[2]

Overview

As all other childhood cancers, the particular risk factors of rhabdomyosarcoma is not exactly known; however, rhabdomyosarcoma is more prevalent among the patients with beckwith-wiedemann syndrome, li-fraumeni syndrome, Costello syndrome, and neurofibromatosis.

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