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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Common risk factors in the development of Ewing sarcoma are age, gender, and race. | |||
==Risk Factors== | ==Risk Factors== | ||
The common risk factors in development of Ewing sarcoma are: | The common risk factors in development of Ewing sarcoma are: | ||
*'''Age''': Ewing sarcoma typically occurs in children and adolescents between 10 and 20 years of age (95% between 4 and 25 years of age). | *'''Age''': Ewing sarcoma typically occurs in children and adolescents between 10 and 20 years of age (95% between 4 and 25 years of age). | ||
*'''Gender''': males are more commonly affected with Ewing sarcoma than females. | *'''Gender''': males are more commonly affected with Ewing sarcoma than females. | ||
*'''Race''': Incidence of Ewing sarcoma in the United States is nine times greater in whites than in African Americans, with an intermediate incidence in Asians. | *'''Race''': Incidence of Ewing sarcoma in the United States is nine times greater in whites than in African Americans, with an intermediate incidence in Asians. | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Common risk factors in the development of Ewing sarcoma are age, gender, and race.
Risk Factors
The common risk factors in development of Ewing sarcoma are:
- Age: Ewing sarcoma typically occurs in children and adolescents between 10 and 20 years of age (95% between 4 and 25 years of age).
- Gender: males are more commonly affected with Ewing sarcoma than females.
- Race: Incidence of Ewing sarcoma in the United States is nine times greater in whites than in African Americans, with an intermediate incidence in Asians.