Combo chemo/surgery.: Systemic chemotherapy with doxorubicin, ifosfamide, etoposide, and vincristine is effective and done before limb saving surgery. Peripheral primary lesions (below the elbow and mid-calf) can have a 5 year survival of 80%. Even metatstatic disease has a 25-40% cure rate with high dose therapy and stem cell transplant.
Answered 4/16/2012
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The simple answer: Is chemo and radiotherapy. Go to a children's hospital to their pediatric oncology unit. They have experts. The children's cancer study group also conducts research, and has the latest facts. This is not a commn cancer, even in kids, and the best advice usually comes from the most experienced.
Answered 10/2/2020
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It varies: Chemotherapy is a must for Ewing's as without it the cancer will spread. If it can be removed surgically, surgery is done in addition to chemo. In some cases, like around the hip joint and pelvis, surgery can cause a lot of damage and there radiation is preferred. Radiation can cause cancers years later, so if surgery can be done safely, it is preferred over radiation. Each case is different.
Answered 12/13/2014
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