Talk:Ewing's sarcoma
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[edit] I'm
I'm not a doctor but I think the upper arm bone link is dead because it should be humerus. Art LaPella 03:51, Sep 1, 2004 (UTC)
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[edit] PNET
I don't think Ewing's and PNET are synonymous. Can someone with expertise in this area comment? Hnc 19:22, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
- I agree, my research when my son was diagnosed, indicates this is only a theory, not an established fact.
It's true. PNET describes a number of tumors characterized by primitive "round, small blue cells". Other examples are medulloblastoma, Wilm's tumors and a number of others —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.63.32.162 (talk) 15:41, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
I agree that the term "PNET" is somewhat ambiguous. As a pediatric oncologist, I have never heard of Wilms tumor referred to as PNET. Medulloblastoma looks like a particular type of PNET, but again, nobody uses those terms interchangably. To be specific, primative neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) is a type of brain tumor that has nothing to do with Ewing's sarcoma. This is sometimes called a "central PNET" or a "supratentorial PNET." Peripheral PNET (pPNET), on the other hand, is a tumor type that is essentially identical to Ewing's sarcoma, and is not found in the CNS. It'd be fine to merge this latter type with the Ewing's discussion, since most docs now refer to these things as Ewing's sarcoma, or Ewing's sarcoma family of tumors. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 155.100.235.165 (talk) 20:35, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] Transposons
In the wiki article on "Alu Sequence" it says that it might have something to do with Ewing's sarcoma.
"In the review article referenced below [5], the authors report that the following human diseases have been linked with Alu insertions:
... Ewing's sarcoma ... "
maybe that should be added to this article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Believr4god (talk • contribs) 18:39, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Merge
Noting that I don't know much about this:
- If it's true that Ewing's and PNET are the same, then we should merge the articles.
- If it's not true, then we need to fix the first sentence to reflect that, and perhaps add a short section at the end that differentiates the two (so that the assertion won't keep returning in the future).
WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:39, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
I don't think they are the same. PNET can arise everywhere, can Ewing's sarcoma do? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Toypasu (talk • contribs) 07:14, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
