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Ewing's sarcoma

Ewing's sarcoma

1 9.3
A rare bone cancer that often starts in the pelvis or long bones and mainly affects children and young adults
  • noun
  • /ˈjuːɪŋz sɑrˈkoʊmə/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sarcoma de Ewing
  • Treatment options for Ewing's sarcoma include surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy to combat this malignant bone tumor.
  • Ewing's sarcoma, a rare cancer
  • cancer called Ewing's sarcoma
  • Ewing's sarcoma of bone

Examples

  • Primary malignant bone tumors include osteogenic sarcoma (the most common), Ewing's sarcoma, and multiple myeloma.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Ewing's sarcoma primarily affects children and young adults, often developing in the Ewing's sarcoma bones or bone marrow.

  • Doctors diagnosed him with Ewing's sarcoma, a rare and aggressive cancer that typically arises in the long bones.

Synonyms

Ewing's tumor
vsEwing's sarcoma
  • Specialized
9.0

A rare cancer of bone that mainly affects children and young adults

is the alternate medical name for the same condition

Surface Forms

Ewing's sarcoma singular
Ewing's sarcomas plural

Morphology

Ewing's + sarcoma

The headword pairs an eponymic name 'Ewing's' with the noun 'sarcoma' (malignant tumor). A learner who knows 'sarcoma' can infer this is a type of tumor, but the specific clinical sense (bone/bone marrow origin, rarity, and age profile) cannot be derived from the constituents, so the meaning is only partially predictable.

Etymology

Ewing's sarcoma comes from Dr. James Ewing, an American doctor who first described this bone cancer in the 1920s. So the phrase joins the doctor's name (Ewing's) with the medical word sarcoma, and today it means 'a particular kind of bone cancer'.