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Lymph node staging and treatment in pediatric patients with soft tissue sarcomas: A consensus opinion from the Children’s Oncology Group, European paediatric Soft tissue sarcoma Study Group, and the Cooperative Weichteilsarkom Studiengruppe
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  • S.E.J. Terwisscha van Scheltinga,
  • Reineke Schoot,
  • Jonathan Routh,
  • Guido Seitz,
  • Simon Kao,
  • Bart de Keizer,
  • Barry Shulkin,
  • Roelof van Ewijk,
  • Elizabeth McCarville,
  • Dana Casey,
  • Wendy Allen-Rhoades,
  • F. Mercolini,
  • Johannes Merks,
  • Daniel Orbach,
  • Tejas Kapadia,
  • David Walterhouse,
  • Raquel Davila Fajardo,
  • Laura Hiemcke-Jiwa,
  • Christiane Franzius,
  • Federica De Corti,
  • Vivian Tang,
  • Jonathan Metts,
  • Sapna Oberoi,
  • Christian Vokuhl,
  • Roshni Dasgupta,
  • Suzi Birz,
  • David Rodeberg
S.E.J. Terwisscha van Scheltinga
Prinses Maxima Centrum voor Kinderoncologie

Corresponding Author:s.terwisscha@prinsesmaximacentrum.nl

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Reineke Schoot
Prinses Maxima Centrum voor Kinderoncologie
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Jonathan Routh
Duke University School of Medicine
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Guido Seitz
Universitatsklinikum Giessen und Marburg - Standort Marburg
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Simon Kao
The University of Iowa Department of Radiology
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Bart de Keizer
Prinses Maxima Centrum voor Kinderoncologie
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Barry Shulkin
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Department of Oncology
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Roelof van Ewijk
Prinses Maxima Centrum voor Kinderoncologie
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Elizabeth McCarville
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Department of Oncology
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Dana Casey
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
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Wendy Allen-Rhoades
Mayo Clinic Minnesota
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F. Mercolini
IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola Dipartimento Malattie oncologiche ed ematologiche
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Johannes Merks
Prinses Maxima Centrum voor Kinderoncologie
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Daniel Orbach
Institut Curie
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Tejas Kapadia
Royal Manchester Children's Hospital Nephrology Department
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David Walterhouse
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
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Raquel Davila Fajardo
Prinses Maxima Centrum voor Kinderoncologie
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Laura Hiemcke-Jiwa
Prinses Maxima Centrum voor Kinderoncologie
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Christiane Franzius
ZeMoDi
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Federica De Corti
Azienda Ospedale Universita Padova
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Vivian Tang
University of California San Francisco Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
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Jonathan Metts
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Center Inc International Plaza
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Sapna Oberoi
CancerCare Manitoba
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Christian Vokuhl
Universitatsklinikum Bonn Institut fur Pathologie
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Roshni Dasgupta
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
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Suzi Birz
University of Illinois Chicago Department of Pediatrics
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David Rodeberg
East Carolina University
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Abstract

Accurate staging of nodal involvement in pediatric sarcoma patients is important to determine correct systemic and local therapy, with the goal to reduce subsequent recurrences. However, differences in lymph node staging strategies, definitions, and treatment protocols between the Children’s Oncology Group (COG), European Pediatric Soft Tissue Sarcoma Study Group (EpSSG), and the Cooperative Weichteil Sarkom Studiengruppe (CWS), complicate comparisons. In this article we try to establish internationally recognized recommendations for lymph node assessment and treatment of children and adolescents diagnosed with RMS and NRSTS according to the Consensus Conference Standard Operating Procedure methodology.
11 Jul 2024Submission Checks Completed
11 Jul 2024Assigned to Editor
11 Jul 2024Submitted to Pediatric Blood & Cancer
12 Jul 2024Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
20 Jul 2024Reviewer(s) Assigned
27 Aug 2024Editorial Decision: Revise Minor