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Ewing's sarcoma family of tumors: an overview from diagnosis to survivorship.(Disease/Disorder overview)
From:
Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing
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February 1, 2008| Author:
Fisher, Vicki L.; Lahl, Meredith; Laschinger, Kelly
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The Ewing's sarcoma family of tumors (ESFT) is a malignant primary bone tumor often involving soft tissue that affects not only children but also young adults. Since 1992, with the addition of ifosfamide and etoposide to standard chemotherapy for primary tumors, much improvement has been made in the treatment of ESFT, with a primary focus on children. Though often recognized as a childhood cancer, it can affect individuals into the middle years of their lives, but little is known a...