Ewing's sarcoma natural history
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Assistant Editor(s)-In-Chief: Michael Maddaleni, B.S.
Overview
Natural History
Prognosis
Out of all primary musculoskeletal tumors, Ewing's Sarcoma has maintained the form with the most unfavorable long term prognosis.[1] In fact, prior to multi-drug chemotherapy, the survival rate was less than 10%. Now that there have been many options developed, such as chemotherapy, surgery, and irradiation, long term survival has increased to greater than 50% in most clinical centers.[1] Staging attempts to distinguish patients with localized from those with metastatic disease. Most commonly, metastases occur in the chest, bone and/or bone marrow. Less common sites include the central nervous system and lymph nodes.
Survival for localized disease is 65-70% when treated with chemotherapy. Long term survival for metastatic disease can be less than 10% but some sources state it is 25-30%.
Complications
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Iwamoto Y (2007). "Diagnosis and treatment of Ewing's sarcoma". Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology. 37 (2): 79–89. doi:10.1093/jjco/hyl142. PMID 17272319. Retrieved 2011-12-09. Unknown parameter
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