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Ewing family of tumors

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Overview

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), and Askin tumors (PNET of the chest wall). These tumors all come from the same type of stem cell. Also called EFTs.

References

References

  1. Iwamoto Y (February 2007). “Diagnosis and treatment of Ewing’s sarcoma”. Jpn. J. Clin. Oncol. 37 (2): 79–89. doi:10.1093/jjco/hyl142. PMID 17272319.
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