Clinical Study

Should Aggressive Surgical Local Control Be Attempted in All Patients with Metastatic or Pelvic Ewing's Sarcoma?

Table 4

Data for patients treated with radiation for sole local control or neoadjuvant therapy prior to surgical resection.

PatientPrimary locationYear of diagnosisMetastatic disease at diagnosisSurgical resection after XRTRecurrence (year)ComplicationRadiation-induced sarcoma

1Femur1981NoneYes/for recurrenceYes (1983)NoneNone
2Femur1983LungNoneNoneRadiation necrosis femurNone
3Deltoid (ST)1985NoneYes/forequarter amputation for recurrenceYes (1986)NoneNone
4Ischium/ramus1998MulticentricYesYes (1999)NoneNone
5ilium2000NoneNoneNoneNoneYes
6ilium2001NoneNoneNoneNoneNone
7Thoracic/ mediastinum2001NoneNoneNoneRadiation esophagitisNone
8Femur2005Lung/mediastinumYesNoneNoneNone
9Tibia2006MulitcentricNoneNoneNoneNone
10Ilium2007NoneYes/for recurrenceYes (2009)NoneNone

ST: soft tissue EWS.