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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2021

Ewing Sarcoma-Diagnosis, Treatment, Clinical Challenges and Future Perspectives.

Stefan K Zöllner, James F Amatruda, Sebastian Bauer, Stéphane Collaud, Enrique de Álava, Steven G DuBois, Jendrik Hardes, Wolfgang Hartmann, Heinrich Kovar, Markus Metzler and 8 more

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07695311 (Precision Analysis of Fusion Genes in Ewing Sarcoma), which is not on this map. Cited by 158 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
158citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
23.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07695311 phase1not yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Precision Analysis of Fusion Genes in Ewing Sarcoma (ES) and Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor (DSRCT), Then EWSR1 (Ewing Sarcoma Gene Breakpoint Region 1 Gene) Immunotherapy Without or With Anti-CTLA-4 (Botensilimab) and Anti-PD1 (Balstilimab)

TypeinterventionalSponsorRabi HannaRan2026 to 2030Enrolled24ConditionsEwing Sarcoma, Desmoplastic Small Round Cell TumorArmsEWSR1 immunotherapy, Botensilimab, Balstilimab
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

158 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 246 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Open-Label, Multicenter, Phase I/II, First-in-Human Trial of TK216: A First-Generation EWS::FLI1 Fusion Protein Antagonist in Ewing Sarcoma.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2024
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  5. Targeted and molecular therapies in Ewing sarcoma: a comprehensive review of preclinical and clinical advances.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  18. Ewing sarcoma of the great toe: a rare case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2026
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98 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 11 institutions in 4 countries.

Stefan K ZöllnerPediatrics III, University Hospital Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5888-7327
James F AmatrudaCancer and Blood Disease Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9901-2137
Sebastian BauerWest German Cancer Center (WTZ), University Hospital Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5949-8120
Stéphane CollaudWest German Cancer Center (WTZ), University Hospital Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany.
Enrique de ÁlavaInstitute of Biomedicine of Sevilla (IbiS), Virgen del Rocio University Hospital, CSIC, University of Sevilla, CIBERONC, 41013 Seville, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8400-046X
Steven G DuBoisDana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Jendrik HardesWest German Cancer Center (WTZ), University Hospital Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany.
Wolfgang HartmannDivision of Translational Pathology, Gerhard-Domagk Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Heinrich KovarSt. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute and Medical University Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-6873-9109
Markus MetzlerDepartment of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital Erlangen, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4523-1676
David S ShulmanDana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5994-2604
Arne StreitbürgerWest German Cancer Center (WTZ), University Hospital Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany.
Beate TimmermannWest German Cancer Center (WTZ), University Hospital Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany.
Jeffrey A ToretskyDepartments of Oncology and Pediatrics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3619-2879
Yasmin UhlenbruchSt. Josefs Hospital Bochum, University Hospital, 44791 Bochum, Germany.
Volker ViethDepartment of Radiology, Klinikum Ibbenbüren, 49477 Ibbenbühren, Germany.
Thomas G P GrünewaldDivision of Translational Pediatric Sarcoma Research, Hopp-Children's Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0920-7377
Uta DirksenPediatrics III, University Hospital Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5435-7860
Düsseldorf University Hospital · DEHarvard University · USGeorgetown University · USGerman Cancer Research Center · DEInstituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla · ESRuhrlandklinik · DESt Anna Children's Hospital · ATSt. Josefs Hospital · DEUniversitätsklinikum Erlangen · DEUniversity Hospital Münster · DEUniversity of Southern California · US

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF P 29773Austrian Science Fund FWF P 34341
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ewing sarcoma, a highly aggressive bone and soft-tissue cancer, is considered a prime example of the paradigms of a translocation-positive sarcoma: a genetically rather simple disease with a specific and neomorphic-potential therapeutic target, whose oncogenic role was irrefutably defined decades ago. This is a disease that by definition has micrometastatic disease at diagnosis and a dismal prognosis for patients with macrometastatic or recurrent disease. International collaborations have defined the current standard of care in prospective studies, delivering multiple cycles of systemic therapy combined with local treatment; both are associated with significant morbidity that may result in strong psychological and physical burden for survivors. Nevertheless, the combination of non-directed chemotherapeutics and ever-evolving local modalities nowadays achieve a realistic chance of cure for the majority of patients with Ewing sarcoma. In this review, we focus on the current standard of diagnosis and treatment while attempting to answer some of the most pressing questions in clinical practice. In addition, this review provides scientific answers to clinical phenomena and occasionally defines the resulting translational studies needed to overcome the hurdle of treatment-associated morbidities and, most importantly, non-survival.

Indexed as

chromosomal translocationewing sarcomaEWSR1-FLI1fusion proteinlimb salvagemetastasissmall round cell sarcomasplicingtranscription

Identifiers

PMID33919988
PMCPMC8071040
OpenAlexW3152750978

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