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rhabdomyosarcoma

American  
[rab-doh-mahy-oh-sahr-koh-muh] / ˌræb doʊˌmaɪ oʊ sɑrˈkoʊ mə /

noun

Pathology.
rhabdomyosarcomas, plural rhabdomyosarcomata plural
  1. a malignant tumor made up of striated muscle tissue.


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Etymology

Origin of rhabdomyosarcoma

First recorded in 1895–1900; rhabdo- + myo- + sarcoma

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Duong was diagnosed with alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare soft tissue cancer, shortly after the Palisades fire rained ash on his family’s West L.A. apartment in 2025.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 30, 2026

The teenager, from Cambridgeshire, was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma - an aggressive type of cancer that primarily affects children.

From BBC Sep. 22, 2025

An exceptional response in a patient with metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma was detailed in a publication in Nature Communications in 2020.

From Science Daily Apr. 24, 2024

Taylor said he was dedicating his performance to Dickerson, who was first diagnosed at age 15 with rhabdomyosarcoma, a form of soft-tissue cancer in the right side of his jaw.

From Seattle Times Apr. 29, 2012

The cause was a rare cancer, called rhabdomyosarcoma, that attacks muscle fibers, his friend Bill Caplan said.

From New York Times Jun. 9, 2011

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