Tumour location
As shown in Table 2, the commonest tumour location was the head and neck followed by the abdominopelvic region. Of the 51 head and neck tumours, the orbit was the commonest location with 23 (45.1%). Twenty-four (88.9%) out of the 27 tumours found in the abdominopelvic region were pelvic in location while the remaining 3 (11.1%) occurred in the abdomen. Rhabdomyosarcoma occurred more in the head and neck (including the orbit) while the NRSTS occurred more in the extremities. Of the 51 tumours in the head and neck, 34 were rhabdomyosarcomas and these were predominantly embryonal rhabdomyosarcomas. Twenty out of the 27 abdominopelvic tumours were rhabdomyosarcomas, 18 of these were embryonal rhadomyosarcoma and were pelvic in location.