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Ewing
sarcoma
Devin schonewolf
Biology 2
mcgarvey
symptoms
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There are not to many symptoms to ewing
sarcoma
One may be pain or swelling in an arm, leg, chest,
or back.
Limited range of motion
A fever for no known reason
And a bone breaking for no apparent reason
Can cause a child to become very tired and also
loose weight
Redness
Many illnesses have the same symptoms of
sarcoma so a lot of times it is missed at early stages
How common is it?
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This is the second most common bone cancer
But this cancer is mainly only know to children,
it is very rare for an adult to be diagnosed
with it.
Accounts for 3% of all childhood cancers
There are approximately 200 new cases
reported annually
1 of every 50,000 children will become
diagnosed with sarcoma
Causes?
 This
disease may not be transmitted nor is
it genetic
 Typically found in long bones such as
arms, legs, or chest and back
 a change occurs in a cell to move a
gene called EWS on chromosome
number 22 next to a section of DNA on
one of several other chromosomes that
causes the EWS gene to turn on.
treatments?
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Ewing sarcoma can be treated 50 to 75% of the time depending on
how early the disease is found.
Treatment almost always starts with chemo-therapy to destroy the
tumor cells and prevent the cancer from spreading.
The purpose of chemo therapy is to stunt the growth of the tumor
Chemotherapy may last from 6 to 12 months while radiation last 5
to 8 weeks
Surgery , and radiation or a combination of both are used along
with chemo-therapy.
The 5-year cure rate for localized Ewing sarcoma is 70 to 80
percent
Most of the time this will end with a surgery and the recovery is the
same of any other surgery, the patient will stay hospitalized for a
few day then go home and rest for a week
Treatments (cont.)
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Chemo therapy- unlike most chemo therapy
treatments that kill all cells this treatment
specifically targets cancer cells and doctors
try to save all healthy cells
Radiation therapy- this therapy uses targeted
energy to kill cancer cells, shrink tumors, and
provide relief to cancerous symptoms.
Radiation can be used before, during, and
after chemo therapy treatment. Radiation
therapy can be used for many types of
cancers and illnesses
Interesting facts?
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Sarcoma can only be confirmed with a
biopsy.
This disease can be classified as either
localized Ewing tumor or metastatic Ewing
tumor
Males are more prone to the disease than
females
This disease develops between the ages 10 to
20
Mostly only affects Caucasians
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Sources….
 Cancer.net
 Everydayhealth.com
 Webmd.com
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