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Is There Still a Place for Bone Scanning in Ewing's Sarcoma? Concise Communication

Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, and Sidney Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts

Correspondence: For reprints contact: S. Treves, Div. of Nuclear Medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center Boston, MA 02115.

ABSTRACT

In this retrospective study, 28 cases of Ewing's sarcoma are reviewed for the onset of metastasis.

Bone scans demonstrated bone metastasis in three out of 28 patients at presentation. Of the 22 patients free of metastases at presentation, ten subsequently developed bone metastases. In six of these patients, the bone scan was the earliest demonstrator of metastatic disease. Bone scans are recommended at presentation and periodically during follow-up.

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^* Present address: Nuclear Medicine, Dept. Radiology, Hospital of the Univ. of Pennsylvana, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104