Who was Ewings sarcoma named after ?
James Ewing, 1866-1943, first described the tumour that was to be named after him in the 1920’s. It was Ewing’s work which established that the disease was separate from lymphoma and other types of cancer know at that time. Ewing was originally born in Pittsburgh and embarked on his medical career in 1888. In 1899 he was appointed as the first Professor of Pathology at Cornell University where he developed a keen interest in cancer. He was a co-founder of both the American Association for Cancer Research in 1907 and the American Cancer Society in 1913. He was also a pioneer in the use of radiotherapy in the treatment of cancer. James Ewing died from bladder cancer at the age of 76.
