Ewing family of tumors - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Ewing family of tumors is a group of cancers that includes Ewing tumor of bone (ETB

ETB

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or Ewing sarcoma

Ewing sarcoma

Ewing sarcoma is a malignant round-cell tumour. It is a rare disease in which cancer cells are found in the bone or in soft tissue. The most common areas in which it occurs are the pelvis, the femur, the humerus, the ribs and clavicle....

of bone), extraosseous Ewing tumors (EOE tumors), primitive neuroectodermal tumor

Primitive neuroectodermal tumor

Primitive neuroectodermal tumor is a neural crest tumor. It is a rare tumor, usually occurring in children and young adults under 25 years of age...

s (PNET or peripheral neuroepithelioma), and Askin tumors (PNET of the chest wall). These tumors all come from the same type of stem cell

Stem cell

This article is about the cell type. For the medical therapy, see Stem Cell TreatmentsStem cells are biological cells found in all multicellular organisms, that can divide and differentiate into diverse specialized cell types and can self-renew to produce more stem cells...

. Also called EFTs

EFTS

EFTS is an acronym for Effective Full Time Student or Equivalent Full-Time Study. It is a definition used to measure student numbers at New Zealand educational institutions. One EFTS will be made up of more than one part time students EFTS is an acronym for Effective Full Time Student or Equivalent...

External links

Cancer.Net: Ewing Family of Tumors, Childhood
Ewing family of tumors entry in the public domain NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms

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