Ewing family of tumors

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). Also called EFTs.

References

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.

External links

Cancer.Net: Ewing Family of Tumors, Childhood
Ewing family of tumors entry in the public domain NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms

This article incorporates public domain material from Dictionary of Cancer Terms. U.S. National Cancer Institute.

Tumours of bone and cartilage

Osteoblast	Osteoid osteoma Osteoblastoma Osteoma/osteosarcoma
Chondroblast	Chondroma/ecchondroma/enchondroma Enchondromatosis Extraskeletal chondroma Chondrosarcoma Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma Myxoid chondrosarcoma Osteochondroma Osteochondromatosis Chondromyxoid fibroma
Fibrous	Ossifying fibroma Fibrosarcoma

Chondroblast	Chondroblastoma
Myeloid	Giant-cell tumor of bone

Other

Notochord	Chordoma

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