Ewing's Sarcoma of the Head and Neck: Margins are not just for surgeons.

ABSTRACT:

Background, methods

To describe the characteristics, treatments (systemic/local), and outcome (oncological/functional) of French patients with head and neck Ewing's sarcomas (HNES) registered in the Euro-Ewing 99 (EE99) database. Specific patient-level data were reviewed retrospective.

Results

Forty-seven HNES patients in the EE99 database had a median age of 11 years, 89% had bone tumors (skull 55%, mandible 21%, maxilla 11%), 89% had small tumors (<200 mL), and they were rarely metastatic (9%). Local treatment was surgery radiotherapy (55%), exclusively surgery (28%), or radiotherapy (17%). Metastatic relapses occurred in five patients with high relapse risk factors (metastasis at diagnosis, poor histological response, large tumors). Local progression/relapses (LR) after e

SUBMITTER: Bouaoud J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6308064 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature