Charbel Chidiac, Caitlyn Ramdat, Katherine M McDermott, Adam S Levin, Kathryn M Lemberg, Daniel S Rhee
Objective: Extraskeletal Ewing sarcoma (EES) is a variant of Ewing sarcoma that originates from soft tissues rather than bones. Our study aims to characterize the differences between EES and skeletal ES (SES) in the pediatric population.
Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of children ≤ 18 years with ES recorded in the National Cancer Data Base (NCDB) from 2004 to 2022. Kaplan-Meier curves and Cox proportional hazards regression analysis were used to identify risk factors associated with survival.
Results: Among 7446 identified patients, 1016 (20.9%) had EES and 6430 (79.1%) had SES. EES patients were older (median 14 vs. 13 years, p = 0.007), more often female (46.9% vs. 41.2%, p = 0.0009), and had smaller tumors (7.5 vs. 8.0 cm, p = 0.003). Tumor distribution differed significantly, with EES was most frequent in the thorax (49.8%) and head and neck (11.8%), while SES more common in the lower limbs (30.2%) and pelvis (25.3%) (p < 0.0001). EES patients were more likely to receive surgery alone (4.2% vs. 1.8%) or a combination of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation (25.9% vs. 20.7%) but less likely to receive chemotherapy and radiation without surgery (19.4% vs. 29.3%, p < 0.05). Five-year overall survival was similar between SES (72.2%) and EES (73.7%) (p = 0.70). Multivariable analysis confirmed EES was not an independent predictor of survival (aHR 0.94; 95% CI 0.81-1.10). Factors independently associated with mortality were older age, metastasis at diagnosis, and positive surgical margins.
Conclusions: Demographic, treatment characteristics, and prognostic factors differ between pediatric patients with SES and EES. However, survival is similar between the two groups.
目的:骨外尤文氏肉瘤(EES)是尤文氏肉瘤的一种变体,起源于软组织而非骨骼。我们的研究旨在描述EES和骨骼ES (SES)在儿科人群中的差异。方法:我们对2004年至2022年国家癌症数据库(NCDB)中记录的≤18岁ES儿童进行了回顾性研究。Kaplan-Meier曲线和Cox比例风险回归分析用于确定与生存相关的危险因素。结果:7446例患者中,EES 1016例(20.9%),SES 6430例(79.1%)。EES患者年龄较大(中位年龄14岁vs. 13岁,p = 0.007),多为女性(46.9% vs. 41.2%, p = 0.0009),肿瘤较小(7.5 cm vs. 8.0 cm, p = 0.003)。肿瘤分布差异显著,EES最常见于胸腔(49.8%)和头颈部(11.8%),而SES多见于下肢(30.2%)和骨盆(25.3%)(p)。结论:小儿SES和EES患者的人口学、治疗特点和预后因素存在差异。然而,两组患者的生存率相似。
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