Ewing family of tumors

Ewing Family of Tumors
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The Ewing family of tumors is a group of cancers[1] that includes Ewing tumor of bone (ETB or Ewing sarcoma of bone), extraosseous Ewing tumors (EOE tumors), primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNET or peripheral neuroepithelioma), ...

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The Ewing family of tumors is a group of cancers that include Ewing sarcoma, a rare type of cancer that affects bones or nearby soft tissue. This disease most often occurs in children or young adults, but it can happen at any age.

: The Ewing family of tumors--a subgroup of small-round-cell tumors defined by specific chimeric transcripts. N Engl J Med 331 (5): 294-9, 1994.
Dagher R, Pham TA, Sorbara L, et al.: Molecular confirmation of Ewing sarcoma.

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Researchers have learned that both of these tumors arise from the same primitive cell and now refer to these tumors as the Ewing family of tumors (EFT).

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Treatment is usually within a clinical trial. It may be treated in the same way that Ewing family of tumors or primitive neuroectodermal tumors are treated. See the PDQ summary on Ewing Sarcoma Family of Tumors Treatment for more information.

" Most people who are diagnosed within the Ewing family of tumors have an abnormal fusion transcript, involving two genes known as EWS and FLI1. This important discovery has led to improvements in diagnosing Ewing sarcoma.

The peripheral PNETs are part of the Ewing family of tumors which includes: Ewing tumor of bone; extraosseus Ewing tumor (tumor growing outside of the bone); primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET), also known as peripheral neuroepithelioma; ...

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