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Ewing's sarcoma risk factors
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Common risk factors in the development of Ewing’s sarcoma are age, gender, and race.
Risk Factors
Risk Factors
The common risk factors in development of Ewing’s sarcoma are:
- Age: Ewing’s 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’s sarcoma than females.
- Race: incidence of Ewing’s sarcoma in the United States is nine times greater in whites than in African Americans, with an intermediate incidence in Asians.
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Suveenkrishna Pothuru, M.B,B.S. [2]