PEDIATRIC EWING'S SARCOMA – AN EXPERIENCE IN A TERTIARY CANCER CARE CENTER IN NORTH EAST INDIA

Munlima Hazarika, Satya S Sarangi, Bhargab J Saikia, Partha S Roy, Bibhuti Bhusan Borthakur, Mouchumee Bhattacharyya, Anupam Sarma

Abstract


Due to limited clinical data in paediatric Ewing’s sarcoma, the aim of this study was to evaluate the demographic characteristics and identifying prognostic factors for survival. We retrospectively reviewed 66 patients with paediatric Ewing’s sarcoma. Median age of presentation was 10 years. Male: Female ratio was 1:1.Femur was the most common site of involvement 13.6% (9/66). The median survival in this study was 52 months. Three and five year survival rate of these patients was 52% and 45% respectively. One out of the 7 patients (14.2%) who did not initiate treatment was alive at the time of analysis whereas 4 out of 8 (50%) patients were alive with incomplete treatment and 35 out of 51 patients (68.6%) were alive who completed treatment and this difference was statistically significant (p<.001).Those patients who completed the treatment protocol had a better survival as compared to those who defaulted or refused treatment.

Keywords


Paediatric, Ewing sarcoma, Demography, Survival patterns

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