Ewing’s sarcoma in children: Prognosis in relation to the method of treatment

Autor: Stevanović Vladan, Vukašinović Zoran, Spasovski Duško
Jazyk: English<br />Serbian
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, Vol 134, Iss 9-10, Pp 420-426 (2006)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0370-8179
DOI: 10.2298/SARH0610420S
Popis: Ewing’s tumor of bone is the second primary malignant bone tumor. Localized lesion is found in nearly 80% of cases and metastatic lesions are present in 20% at the time of diagnosis. Treatment protocols were analyzed, prognostic parameters were evaluated, and overall survival as well as survival until relapse of disease was studied. Prognostic features included age and sex, localization of tumor, type of applied surgical resection and treatment protocol, and presence of necrosis after neoadjuvant therapy as well as morphological characteristics of the tumor. Wide surgical resection (χ2=7.855; p
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