What is the treatment for Ewings sarcoma?
Ewing’s sarcoma is usually sensitive to chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Modern treatments are based on chemotherapy combined with local therapy (surgery and/or radiotherapy to the main tumour): chemotherapy (using drugs to kill cancer cells) surgery (to take out the tumour in an operation) radiotherapy (using high-dose x-rays to kill cancer cells) Chemotherapy is given to kill malignant cells that may be circulating around the body. It is generally administered before and after the local therapy.
Ewing’s sarcoma is usually sensitive to chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Modern treatments are based on chemotherapy combined with local therapy (surgery and/or radiotherapy to the main tumour): • Chemotherapy (using drugs to kill cancer cells) • Surgery (to take out the tumour in an operation) • Radiotherapy (using high-dose x-rays to kill cancer cells) Chemotherapy is given to kill malignant cells that may be circulating around the body. It is generally administered before and after the local therapy. The choice of local treatment (surgery and/or radiotherapy) will depend on the size and location of the tumour, if the cancer has spread or not, and other individual factors. Due to progress in limb-salvage surgery and awareness of problems associated with radiotherapy, surgery is the most frequent type of local therapy. Radiotherapy is usually reserved for tumours that are difficult to reach surgically or locations associated with surgical complications (e.g. spine, pelvis and skull). So
