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Ewing Family of Tumors Treatment (PDQ®)
Patient Version   Health Professional Version   En español   Last Modified: 12/05/2008



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General Information






Cellular Classification






Stage Information






Treatment Option Overview






Ewing Tumor of Bone: Localized Tumors






Ewing Tumor of Bone: Metastatic Tumors






Ewing Tumor of Bone: Recurrent Tumors






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Changes to This Summary (12/05/2008)

The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.

General Information

Added text on levels of evidence, a formal ranking system to help the reader judge the strength of evidence linked to the reported results of a therapeutic strategy.

Added text to state that well-characterized cases of Ewing family of tumors in neonates and infants have been described (cited Kim et al. as reference 6).

Stage Information

Added Gerth et al. as reference 3.

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