TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Nonrhabdomyosarcoma Soft Tissue Sarcomas A1 - Hayes-Jordan, Andrea A2 - Ziegler, Moritz M. A2 - Azizkhan, Richard G. A2 - Allmen, Daniel von A2 - Weber, Thomas R. PY - 2014 T2 - Operative Pediatric Surgery, 2e AB - Nonrhadomyosarcomas are a heterogeneous group of soft tissue tumors that comprise 4% of all childhood malignancies.Degree of surgical resection and age are important prognostic variables.NRSTSs are relatively chemo-insensitive.Synovial sarcoma and malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors are the most common pediatric NRSTS.Surgical resection is the mainstay of successful treatment of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors.Radiotherapy may be indicated in the setting of positive surgical margins. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1100439470 ER -