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How do you counsel patients with localized Ewing's sarcoma who wish to stop or cannot complete the full course of 14 cycles of perioperative chemotherapy?

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Medical Oncology · Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Ewing sarcoma is sensitive to chemotherapy and studies over time have demonstrated survival benefit with dose intensification. If it can be tolerated with manageable toxicity, then I strongly encourage patients to complete the full course of chemotherapy when the goal of treatment is curative. Inter...

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