Ewing family of tumors , EFTs (Abkürzung)

It may be treated in the same way that Ewing family of tumors or primitive neuroectodermal tumors are treated.

PNET belongs to the Ewing family of tumors.

Researchers have learned that both of these tumors arise from the same primitive cell and now refer to these tumors as the Ewing family of tumors (EFT).

Delattre O, Zucman J, Melot T, et al.: The Ewing family of tumors--a subgroup of small-round-cell tumors defined by specific chimeric transcripts.

Because a common genetic locus is responsible for a large percentage of Ewing's sarcoma and primitive neuroectodermal tumors, these are sometimes grouped together in a category known as the Ewing family of tumors.

Nonrhabdomyosarcomatous soft tissue tumors are fairly readily distinguished from rhabdomyosarcoma or Ewing family of tumors; however, classification of childhood nonrhabdomyosarcomatous soft tissue sarcoma (NRSTS) type is often difficult.

In December 2007, the Massachusetts Department of Health released their report which concluded that it "appears unlikely that PAVE PAWS played a primary role in the incidence of Ewing family of tumors on Cape Cod."