AccScience Publishing / EJMO / Volume 3 / Issue 4 / DOI: 10.14744/ejmo.2019.54956
CASE REPORT

Ewing Sarcoma of Tibia in Geriatric patient-Excellent Disease Control without Systemic Therapy

Mehmood Sana1 Mahmood Humera1 Faheem Mohammad1 Khurshid Shaista1
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1 Department of Oncology Atomic Energy Cancer Hospital NORI, Islamabad, Pakistan
EJMO 2019, 3(4), 300–303; https://doi.org/10.14744/ejmo.2019.54956
Submitted: 1 April 2019 | Accepted: 9 September 2019 | Published: 13 November 2019
© 2019 by the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution -Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC-by the license) ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ )
Abstract

Ewing Sarcoma of long bones is a rare entity in elderly patients. The prognosis and appropriate treatment in this subgroup of patients is not clearly defined. We report a case of 78 years old male treated with surgery followed by adjuvant radiation and had excellent disease control without systemic therapy.

Keywords
Adjuvant radiation
ewing sarcoma
surgery
Conflict of interest
None declared.
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