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Fourteen patients with localized Ewing’s sarcoma were treated with radiation therapy to the involved bone and systemic chemotherapy. Nine patients remained free of disease for a median follow-up period of 3 years. The actuarial 5-year disease-free survival rate is 60%.
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Hossfeld, D.K., Seeber, S., Siemers, E., Schmidt, C.G., Scherer, E. (1982). Early Results of Combined Modality Therapy of Patients with Ewing’s Sarcoma. In: Mathé, G., Bonadonna, G., Salmon, S. (eds) Adjuvant Therapies of Cancer. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 80. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81685-7_21
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