Orthopaedic surgeon, Dr Jaco Viljoen, who led the operation, said conventional treatment would have required removing the ...

Pioneering liquid nitrogen procedure saves teen’s leg In a South African first, a surgeon based in Centurion has successfully performed a groundbreaking hip and limb salvage operation using a liquid ...

Ewing sarcoma develops due to genetic causes that include changes to a person’s DNA and chromosomes. It more often affects teenagers and young adults, males, and white people. The exact cause of Ewing ...

Ewing sarcoma is a rare, aggressive cancer that primarily strikes children and adolescents, yet it can present in infants, where it is exceptionally uncommon. U.S. registry data show an incidence of ...

BALTIMORE -- Pediatric patients who underwent limb salvage surgery (LSS) for lower extremity sarcomas had a substantial risk of undergoing late amputation, a researcher reported. In a retrospective ...

Ewing sarcoma is a malignant type of bone tumor, meaning it is a form of cancer that spreads. According to a 2024 review, Ewing sarcoma is the second most common primary cancerous bone tumor. It ...

CLEVELAND — Childhood cancer is the No. 1 disease-related cause of death among children in the United States, with one in six young patients not surviving. For families grappling with a cancer ...

Kids with a rare bone cancer might live longer if prescribed a drug that blocks blood supply to tumors, researchers say. The drug pazopanib (Votrient) extended the lives of a small group of kids with ...

Ewing sarcoma is a rare and serious diagnosis, largely impacting children. The disease only accounts for about 1% of all pediatric cancers in the U.S., with about 250 children diagnosed every year, ...