(2002) 62:4704–10. Sensitivity to poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibition identifies ubiquitin-specific peptidase 11 (USP11) as a regulator of DNA double-strand break repair. However, only some of these sites have been functionally validated. For example, when PD-1 receptor on T cells is engaged by its native ligand, PD-L1, T cell effector function is inhibited. Nivolumab plus ipilimumab in advanced melanoma. doi: 10.1002/gcc.21953, 14. A pilot study of consolidative immunotherapy in patients with high-risk pediatric sarcomas. PAX-FOXO1 fusion status drives unfavorable outcome for children with rhabdomyosarcoma: a children's oncology group report. Finally, a randomized phase II trial of bevacizumab (VEGF-A inhibitor) or temsirolimus (mTOR inhibitor) in combination with chemotherapy reported that the relapsed RMS patients who received temsirolimus achieved a better response (39). (2013) 14:416. doi: 10.1038/nrm3598, 114. Olanich ME, Barr FG. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2264(200004)27:4<337::aid-gcc1>3.0.co;2-1, 121. Knowing the chance of salvage on a case-by-case basis is important for deciding treatment options for each patient. Another study showed that venetolax sensitized RMS cells to JNJ, an HDAC inhibitor (145). Care for children diagnosed with cancer does not end when active treatment has finished. Taken together, both FP and FN RMS could benefit from targeting RTK signaling. Haploidentical allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients with high-risk soft tissue sarcomas: results of a single-center prospective trial. RMS cells resemble skeletal muscle progenitor cells, though they can arise from non-skeletal tissue origins (3). N Engl J Med. Oberlin O, Rey A, Sanchez de Toledo J, Martelli H, Jenney MEM, Scopinaro M, et al. CC, HD, MS, and AH contributed to the conception and design of the review. 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Given the availability of kinase inhibitors that have been studied in other human cancers, further functional validation of post-translational modifications of PAX3-FOXO1 and characterization of their respective kinases is a promising therapeutic strategy. reported that positive fusion status correlated with an inferior clinical outcome, while Stegmaier et al. Med Pediatr Oncol. Sci Transl Med. (2015) 15:361. doi: 10.1038/nrc3930, 156. Smac mimetics are a class of molecules designed to mimic the endogenous antagonist of XIAPs, second mitochondrial activator of caspases (Smac). Next, he und erwent chemoradiotherapy, while the tumor relapsed 18months after th e last treatment. doi: 10.1002/pbc.26348, 24. Loo D, Alderson RF, Chen FZ, Huang L, Zhang W, Gorlatov S, et al. Cancer. Insights into pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma research: challenges and goals. The inconsistent results from these retrospective studies can be partly explained by methodological biases of convenience sampling, where samples are not truly representative of the whole population but rather chosen based on archival sample availability (33–35). doi: 10.1002/gcc.10026, 120. Duan F, Smith LM, Gustafson DM, Zhang C, Dunlevy MJ, Gastier-Foster JM, et al. Table 1. Treating cancer with selective CDK4/6 inhibitors. J Clin Oncol. The mass was confirmed to be Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma on histopathology. J Clin Oncol. Genetic heterogeneity in the alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma subset without typical gene fusions. Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is a rare oral malignant soft tissue tumor whose pathological features may influence the clinical behavior, treatment and … In localized high-risk RMS, the benefit of additional maintenance therapy is currently investigated by the two European groups EpSSG and CWS in two international trials. Whereas, previous studies focused on fusion status as an important prognostic marker in low- and intermediate-risk RMS (38, 41, 42), a review of high-risk RMS cases found that fusion status does not offer the same level of predictive value for metastatic patients. It often develops in the head and neck area, especially in the tissues around the eye (orbital rhabdomyosarcoma). So far, preclinical evaluation of Smo inhibitors has been difficult to interpret due to the heterogeneity of response in preclinical models, depending on the RMS cell line and Smo inhibitor assessed (125, 126). In order to advance the field of CAR T cell therapy in pediatric solid tumors, there is a need for further optimization of CAR T cells at the preclinical stage, identification of immunogenic targets, and a technique to non-invasively monitor CAR T activity in patients in the clinical trial stage (158). The types of treatment used for rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) include: Surgery for Rhabdomyosarcoma. doi: 10.1007/s40272-018-0297-x, Keywords: rhabdomyosacoma, pediatric oncology, soft tissue sarcoma, targeted therapy, childhood cancer, Citation: Chen C, Dorado Garcia H, Scheer M and Henssen AG (2019) Current and Future Treatment Strategies for Rhabdomyosarcoma. (2012) 21:1012–8. If the tumor growth is still localized, the physician may perform an excision of the tumor along with a margin of healthy cells surrounding the tumor. ER… Available online at: https://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/62/16/4704.long, 12. The relationship between Hh signaling dysregulation and RMS has subsequently been supported by several studies (115–118). Trends Pharmacol Sci. PARP inhibitors affect growth, survival and radiation susceptibility of human alveolar and embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma cell lines. In FP RMS, the chimeric transcription factor, PAX-FOXO1 presents the most direct and promising target. High-Dose Chemotherapy and Stem Cell Transplant for Rhabdomyosarcoma. CAR T cells targeting B7-H3, a pan-cancer antigen, demonstrate potent preclinical activity against pediatric solid tumors and brain tumors. However, if the tumor is malignant, the doctors and the medical team will have difficulty in treating the condition and it decreases the survival rate down to 30%. Gallego S, Zanetti I, Orbach D, Ranchere D, Shipley J, Zin A, et al. Mackall CL, Rhee EH, Read EJ, Khuu HM, Leitman SF, Bernstein D, et al. Marina NM, Pappo AS, Parham DM, Cain AM, Rao BN, Poquette CA, et al. Further characterization of the tumor microenvironment of rhabdomyosarcoma would help guide the choice of an immunotherapeutic approach. Notably, PROTAC uses a bifunctional molecule simultaneously targeting the protein of interest and engaging an E3 ubiquitin ligase to promote proteasomal degradation of the target. Urinary system, such as the bladder 3. Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is the most common soft tissue sarcoma in children, and can be subcategorized histologically and/or based on PAX-FOXO1 fusion gene status. Current treatment of pediatric bladder and prostate rhabdomyosarcoma. doi: 10.1016/j.tips.2016.06.006, 93. (2019) 37:10054. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2019.37.15_suppl.10054, 68. Join ResearchGate to find the people and research you need to help your work. Comparison of results of a pilot study of alternating vincristine/doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide and etoposide/ifosfamide with IRS-IV in intermediate risk rhabdomyosarcoma: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. doi: 10.2353/ajpath.2009.080631, 15. doi: 10.1038/mt.2009.133. (2008) 26:2384–9. Saltzman AF, Cost NG. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.05.061, 130. Rhabdomyosarcomas are the most common soft tissue sarcomas in childhood. (2015) 527:329–35. Challenges of designing CAR T cell therapy for solid tumor malignancies include: heterogeneous antigen expression, limited migration of T cells to tumor sites, and an immunosuppressive, hostile microenvironment (158). Targeting hedgehog signaling reduces self-renewal in embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma. (2013) 288:35287–96. Pediatr Blood Cancer. The total length of treatment usually ranges from 6 months to a year. The treatment of Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma of Vagina involves surgery, which is the most common treatment option considered. These improvements follow collaborative group clinical trial efforts, which have enabled improvements in chemotherapeutic dosing regimens, local control, and management of treatment-related toxicities. doi: 10.1002/mpo.1303, 151. van den Broeke LT, Pendleton CD, Mackall C, Helman LJ, Berzofsky JA. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2018.07.012, 141. The surgeon removes as much of the tumor as possible. Neoplasia. Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma Embryonal histology is most common and usually is associated with a more favorable prognosis. Rhabdomyosarcoma is the most common soft tissue sarcoma of childhood and adolescence. J Clin Oncol. Carli M, Colombatti R, Oberlin O, Bisogno G, Treuner J, Koscielniak E, et al. component of treatment for rhabdomyosarcoma, however radical surgery is frequently not, possible due to close proximity of the tumours, patients survived five years) but over the last, dramatically (over 80 %), (4) particularly with, the introduction of multi-modality therapy in, more advanced tumours the prognosis is still, relatively poor and in those with meningeal, involvement the five-year survival is less than, favourable prognosis, for unknown reasons, Although rare in general, the incidence of, rhabdomyosarcoma isn’t insignificant in the, paediatric age group. (2018) 124:3201–9. Targeting the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) expressed on tumor cells with the anti-HER2 antibody trastuzumab is an established therapy for the treatment of HER2-positive breast cancers (159, 160). doi: 10.1002/pbc.25862. Skeletal Muscle. Cancer. Loupe JM, Miller PJ, Ruffin DR, Stark MW, Hollenbach AD. Bharathy N, Suriyamurthy S, Rao VK, Ow JR, Lim HJ, Chakraborty P, et al. (2012) 51:662–74. One experimental approach is the use of nanoparticle carriers to deliver naked siRNA or antisense oligonucleotides (ASO) into tumor cells to silence specific genes. In the last two decades, monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have become standard-of-care treatment of several human malignancies, but its role in RMS is not well established. Marans Textbook of Head and Neck One study showed that treatment of rhabdomyosarcoma cell lines and xenograft models with the clinically available CDK4/6 inhibitor, palbociclib is sufficient to inhibit proliferation by inducing cell cycle arrest at G1. Treatment in patients with rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) involves a combination of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. Both ERMS and ARMS were sensitive to combination treatment, suggesting the broad therapeutic potential of PARP inhibition in RMS (138). Introduction: Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the female genital tract is rare in the cervix. The rapid diagnosis and appropriate treatment of this cancer can be life saving. Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is the most common soft tissue sarcoma in children, comprising 4.5% of all childhood cancer with an annual incidence of 4.5 cases per 1 million children (1, 2). Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma tends to grow faster than embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma and usually requires more intense treatment. doi: 10.1016/j.neo.2015.03.001, 108. van Gaal JC, Roeffen MHS, Flucke UE, van der Laak WM, van der Heijden G, de Bont JM, et al. Different response of Ptch mutant and Ptch wildtype rhabdomyosarcoma toward SMO and PI3K Inhibitors. While high dose therapy failed to improve survival, oral maintenance therapy was a promising alternative, since the oral administration can provide long lasting exposure to chemotherapy without increasing toxic side effects. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2016.07.026, 115. (2004) 64:5539–45. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(18)30337-1, 50. Long-term health status of high-risk neuroblastoma survivors treated with high-dose chemotherapy and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. There are two types of rhabdomyosarcoma: embryonal and alveolar. With a median follow-up of 4.3 years, we observed 35 failures among 271 eligible patients versus 48.4 expected failures, calculated using a fixed outcome based on the FFS expected for similar patients treated on the IRSG D9602 protocol. doi: 10.1007/s00432-018-2774-6, 137. Insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF1R)-directed targeted therapy is one of the few single-agent treatments with clinical activity in these diseases. (2005) 23:2618–28. (2018) 37:5325–39. Patients and methods: (2004) 22:4787–94. (2015) 16:729–36. Cancer Biol Therapy. *Correspondence: Anton G. Henssen, henssenlab@gmail.com, Front. The Notch pathway regulates cell fate determination and stem cell differentiation during tissue development and maintenance. Taken together with additional supporting evidence for the inclusion of fusion status as a significant prognostic marker (31, 38) and evidence that FN ARMS and ERMS are molecularly indistinguishable (16), ARST1431 was the first COG trial to use fusion status instead of histopathological status (39). As reviewed by DeRenzo et al., treatment of solid pediatric tumors presents a unique set of challenges that must be carefully taken into consideration. Expansion of HER2-CAR T cells after lymphodepletion and clinical responses in patients with advanced sarcoma. Cancer Res. Radiation may also be employed when complete tumor resection has not been possible. Prognostic factors in metastatic rhabdomyosarcomas: results of a pooled analysis from United States and European Cooperative Groups. [ 52] Age at diagnosis (<10 years for children with embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma). Multi-region sampling of the tumor, single-cell sequencing, autopsy analysis, and longitudinal analysis of liquid biopsy samples can be used to reconstruct a holistic picture of tumor evolution in response to drug treatment, which can guide clinical decisions to counteract potential drug resistance (177). doi: 10.1101/gad.238733.114, 96. (2014) 135:1543–52. Other studies have implicated that inhibition of another epigenetic regulator, histone deacetylase (HDAC) has antitumor effects in preclinical RMS models. (1995) 4:2355–62. J Clin Oncol. CT scan of the Head-Neck region, showed CT scan of the Head-Neck region, showed extension of the mass into infra-temporal fossa and in … doi: 10.1093/nar/gku1267, 100. Disappointingly, phase II trials for children with relapsed RMS have not demonstrated meaningful, single-agent activity of targeted inhibitors, such as a monoclonal antibody against IGF-1R (R1507) and a multi-kinase inhibitor, sorafenib (78, 79). Classification of rhabdomyosarcomas: Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma- Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma is the most common type of rhabdomyosarcoma reported in dogs. Curr Urol Rep. (2018) 19:11. doi: 10.1007/s11934-018-0761-8, 56. Accepted for publication February 24, 2009. Only patients with alveolar histology and regional node disease have a worse prognosis provided that the regional disease is treated with radiation therapy. Mackall C, Berzofsky J, Helman LJ. Bondeson DP, Mares A, Smith IED, Ko E, Campos S, Miah AH, et al. So far, it has not been explored in RMS, but the documented efficacy in other studies support its consideration for targeting PAX-FOXO1 (85–87). (2018) 53:891–4. Addition of dose-intensified doxorubicin to standard chemotherapy for rhabdomyosarcoma (EpSSG RMS 2005): a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled, phase 3 trial. (2000) 27:337–44. The majority of ARMS tumors harbor a recurrent chromosomal translocation, t(2;13)(q35;q14) or t(1;13)(p36;q14). doi: 10.1200/JCO.2009.22.3768, 27. Navai SA, DeRenzo C, Joseph SK, Sanber K, Byrd T, Zhang H, et al. doi: 10.1002/pbc.24532, 39. Small molecule inhibitors against oncogenic fusion proteins have achieved remarkable clinical success in some human cancers, such as the targeting of BCR-ABL in leukemia and EML4-ALK1 in lung carcinoma (80, 81). Genes, Chromosomes Cancer. One group reported that the oncogenic signaling circuit between the Notch and YAP pathways drives stemness and tumorigenesis in ERMS, suggesting a rationale for co-targeting Notch and YAP (131). Stevens MC, Rey A, Bouvet N, Ellershaw C, Flamant F, Habrand JL, et al. Pak E, Segal RA. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aan4470, 113. J Clin Oncol. resection, Post-operative chemoradiation, and. Harris MB, Gieser P, Goorin AM, Ayala A, Shochat SJ, Ferguson WS, et al. (2015) 372:2006–17. Taken together, HD-CT and allogeneic HSCT should be discontinued because they failed to achieve curative effects in metastatic RMS, and similar outcomes can be achieved with the less toxic maintenance therapies. Development of an Fc-Enhanced anti–B7-H3 monoclonal antibody with potent antitumor activity. Cambridge, MA: Academic Press (2018). Diagnosis was confirmed by histopathology. CT scan of the Head-Neck region, showed extension of the mass into infra-temporal fossa and in the mastoid antrum. Pediatr Blood Cancer. Its propensity to invade, the cranial cavity along with the metastatic, potential makes it a troublesome clinical, entity to deal with. Oncogenesis. Patient was a 5 years old boy who was admitted with, , swelling on left side of the upper neck, and, . Heinicke U, Haydn T, Kehr S, Vogler M, Fulda S. BCL-2 selective inhibitor ABT-199 primes rhabdomyosarcoma cells to histone deacetylase inhibitor-induced apoptosis. Surgery is usually part of the treatment. (2016) 34:117–22. Impact Factor 4.848 | CiteScore 3.5More on impact ›, Novel Molecular Targets and Therapies for Pediatric Solid Tumors Directly targeting transcriptional dysregulation in cancer. Combination therapy of both CTLA-4 and PD-L1 inhibitors have demonstrated clinical efficacy in advanced melanoma, suggesting its consideration in pediatric cancers (171, 172). Yet, emerging strategies to directly drug transcription factors are currently being explored in other human cancers. Pressey JG, Anderson JR, Crossman DK, Lynch JC, Barr FG. This work highlights the mechanistic underpinnings of the NOTCH1/SNAI1 pathway in driving self-renewal and blocking MEF2C regulated myogenic differentiation in RMS, describing a rationale for targeting the NOTCH1/SNAI1/MEF2C axis in ERMS. (2009) 17:1779–87. (2016) 235:319–27. The receptor tyrosine kinase, FGFR4 is frequently mutated and/or overactivated in RMS tumors, and recent work has implicated the role of FGF signaling in the evasion of apoptosis (109). Nat Commun. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-04-0844, 13. Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma is more common in adolescents and young adults, and it is usually found in the torso, arms or legs. Yohe ME, Heske CM, Stewart E, Adamson PC, Ahmed N, Antonescu CR, et al. Matheson CJ, Backos DS, Reigan P. Targeting WEE1 Kinase in Cancer. Marshall AD, Grosveld GC. Clin Cancer Res. Survival after relapse in children and adolescents with rhabdomyosarcoma: a report from the Intergroup rhabdomyosarcoma Study Group. Constitutive activation of RTK signaling can reprogram numerous intracellular signaling pathways (metabolism, differentiation, apoptosis, growth) to promote tumor progression (Figure 2). (2016) 38:333–44. Treatment of rhabdomyosarcoma often causes side effects and these will be discussed before treatment starts. doi: 10.1038/s41388-018-0212-5, 146. 163. An important recent study by Merker et al. Support for the inclusion of fusion status in future clinical trials comes from retrospective analyses such as one by Selfe et al., which argued that re-assignment based on fusion status could spare a significant number of patients from treatment-associated toxicities caused by unnecessary intensive therapy (36). Böhm M, Wachtel M, Marques JG, Streiff N, Laubscher D, Nanni P, et al. (2001) 19:3091–102. Finally, the highly immunosuppressive microenvironment of pediatric sarcomas due to the presence of regulatory T cells and myeloid-derived suppressor cells limits the efficacy of immunotherapy. Molecular pathogenesis of rhabdomyosarcoma. Notably, chromosomal amplification was reported in the majority (93%) of PAX7-FOXO1 cases compared to PAX3-FOXO1 (9%) (13), raising the question of whether fusion gene amplification is linked to more favorable outcomes. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. Clin Cancer Res. Role of high-dose chemotherapy with hematopoietic stem cell rescue in the treatment of metastatic or recurrent rhabdomyosarcoma. In FN RMS, activating mutations in RTKs caused by molecular lesions can lead to hyperactive RTK signaling. There are four histological types and among them the embryonic types are the most common. Postow MA, Callahan MK, Wolchok JD. J Clin Oncol. The HD CWS-96 trial was a non-randomized trial comparing the efficacy of high dose therapy (HDT) vs. oral maintenance therapy (OMT) in patients with stage IV soft tissue sarcoma (69). But for kids whose tumors grow back, or when the cancer spreads to other areas of the body, we face a major challenge. Systematic identification of cancer-specific MHC-binding peptides with RAVEN. Stegmaier S, Poremba C, Schaefer KL, Leuschner I, Kazanowska B, Bekassy AN, et al. Li SQ, Cheuk AT, Shern JF, Song YK, Hurd L, Liao H, et al. doi: 10.1128/MCB.20.14.5019-5031.2000, 18. (1998) 2:77–87. (2019) 10:3004. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-11046-7, 91. PARP inhibitors (PARPi) are a well-established class of compounds capable of abrogating single strand break repair, which are converted into double strand breaks, subsequently leading deficient DNA repair and cell death (135). A second approach is to anticipate which pre-existing subclonal populations will be drug-resistant, identify molecular vulnerabilities for these drug-resistant subclones, and design combination therapies focused on eradicating the maximal percentage of the heterogeneous tumor mass during first-line therapy. However, a recent clinical trial evaluating a monoclonal antibody against IGF-1R, R1507 in advanced sarcoma patients failed to achieve meaningful clinical responses to the therapy (79). doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(19)30618-7, 60. Careful review of how targeted therapies have been successful in clinical trials for other human malignancies [e.g., immune checkpoint blockade in metastatic melanoma (168, 169, 172, 174, 175)] and systematic analysis of clinical trials of related families of childhood cancers [e.g., PARP inhibition in Ewing's sarcoma (138)] provide valuable insight into translating these therapies into a RMS tumor context. A related study reported that pretreatment with three PARP1 inhibitors (olaparib, iniparib, veliparib) was able to sensitize soft tissue sarcoma cells to radiation by inducing cell cycle arrest at the G2/M checkpoint (137). N Engl J Med. in a study of a Patched knockout mouse model that showed an ERMS phenotype. Observations from a trial conducted on pediatric neuroblastoma patients treated with HD-CT and stem cell transplantation rescue found there were long-term health consequences (hearing loss, gonadal insufficiency) associated with treatment (67). Cancer Discov. A first-in-class inhibitor of ISWI-Mediated (ATP-Dependent) transcription repression releases terminal-differentiation in AML cells while sparing normal hematopoiesis. Pediatr Blood Cancer. doi: 10.1002/cncr.27934, 53. Breneman JC, Lyden E, Pappo AS, Link MP, Anderson JR, Parham DM, et al. Bone Marrow Transpl. With embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma, the position in the body can decide the treatment. in a Young Boy. (2017) 35:10526. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2017.35.15_suppl.10526, 174. Hoshino, Costa-Silva B, Shen TL, Rodrigues G, Hashimoto A, Tesic Mark M, et al. Maurer HM, Gehan EA, Beltangady M, Crist W, Dickman PS, Donaldson SS, et al. Cell. 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NCI’s PDQ cancer information summary about rhabdomyosarcoma describes four risk groups—based on the combination of Staging (1-4), Grouping (I-IV), age at diagnosis, subtype (ERMS or ARMS) and spread (metastasis)—that determine the treatment … Histology, fusion status, and outcome in alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma with low-risk clinical features: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-12-0207, 35. Upon activation of the mitochondrial apoptotic pathway, Smac is released into the cytosol, where it binds and neutralizes XIAPs, thereby allowing the caspase cascade to proceed. Several studies have shown the that RTK inhibitors can induce tumor regression in preclinical models (summarized in Table 1). treatment treatment response Current case 8 y/o female nephrotic syndrome 1.8–3.0 3years 4years 2months embryonal, tongue Resection VAC (48weeks) Complete remission (27months) 2003, Cescon [11] 23 y/o female VAC Lancet Oncol. This therapy is quite toxic and should be administered with caution. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2010.29.7390, 77. If your child’s rhabdomyosarcoma stops responding to treatment, comes back, or spreads to other parts of the body, our team will create a new care plan. Many of these post-translational modification sites (phosphorylation, acetylation, methylation) in the fusion protein have been identified through high throughput mass spectrometry experiments or in vitro enzymatic screens performed in wildtype FOXO1 TF (99). (2015) 160:1246–60. (1993) 71:1904–22. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2014.08.033, 54. Targeted therapies have revolutionized cancer treatment; however, progress lags behind in alveolar (ARMS) and embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (ERMS), a soft-tissue sarcoma mainly occurring at pediatric and young adult age. Mol Cancer Therap. Clin Cancer Res. A small subpopulation of drug-resistant tumor cells (harboring a genetic alteration conferring a survival advantage) present at initial treatment may persist and expand, resulting in eventual failure to eliminate residual tumor mass. Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma is more common in children. At any rate, novel therapeutic targets (Table 1) that are backed by supportive clinical evidence should also be explored as experimental options for patients with relapsed RMS. doi: 10.1200/JCO.1995.13.3.610, 49. Other directions that are currently being considered include targeting genetically quiescent cells with the administration of oral maintenance therapy (69) and efforts to design therapeutic agents specifically targeted toward the metastatic phenotype (72, 73). Wolchok JD, Neyns B, Linette G, Negrier S, Lutzky J, Thomas L, et al. (2011) 334:1129–33. (2016) 34:105–6. J Clin Oncol. Herein, we present the diagnosis, management and clinical course of a 39-year-old patient diagnosed … Nat Rev Clin Oncol. Maintenance chemotherapy in rhabdomyosarcoma: the new standard of care. Among the five structurally diverse BET bromodomain inhibitors tested in this study, OTX015 was reported to be most potent across a range of FP RMS cell lines, but its clinical efficacy has not been evaluated. Stewart E, McEvoy J, Wang H, Chen X, Honnell V, Ocarz M, et al. CDK4 Amplification reduces sensitivity to CDK4/6 inhibition in fusion-positive rhabdomyosarcoma. (2016) 240:269–81. New models that predict the immunogenicity of MHC-binding peptides from tumor transcriptomes can be leveraged to identify novel immunogenic peptides (154). Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma - the cells have a similar appearance to embryo cells aged 6-8 weeks. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2003.06.129, 61. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2015.63.4048, 64. 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