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. 2024 Sep:208:114209.
doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2024.114209. Epub 2024 Jul 6.

The survival disparity between children and adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with Ewing sarcoma in the Netherlands did not change since the 1990s despite improved survival: A population-based study

Maya Schulpen  1 , Lianne M Haveman  1 , Lizz van der Heijden  1 , Suzanne E J Kaal  2 , Jos A M Bramer  3 , Raquel Dávila Fajardo  4 , Jacco J de Haan  5 , Laura S Hiemcke-Jiwa  6 , Simone A J Ter Horst  7 , Paul C Jutte  8 , Hendrik W B Schreuder  9 , Jacqueline M Tromp  10 , Winette T A van der Graaf  11 , Michiel A J van de Sande  12 , Hans Gelderblom  13 , Johannes H M Merks  7 , Henrike E Karim-Kos  14
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The survival disparity between children and adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with Ewing sarcoma in the Netherlands did not change since the 1990s despite improved survival: A population-based study

Maya Schulpen et al. Eur J Cancer. 2024 Sep.
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Abstract

Background: Adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with Ewing sarcoma have a worse prognosis than children. Population-based survival evaluations stratifying findings by important clinical factors are, however, limited. This Dutch population study comprehensively compared survival of children and AYAs with Ewing sarcoma over three decades considering diagnostic period, tissue of origin, tumor site, and disease stage.

Methods: Data on all children (0-17 years, N = 463) and AYAs (18-39 years, N = 379) diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma in the Netherlands between 1990-2018 were collected from the Netherlands Cancer Registry with follow-up until February 2023. Five-year relative survival was calculated using the cohort method. Multivariable analyses were conducted through Poisson regression.

Results: Children with Ewing sarcoma had a significantly higher 5-year relative survival than AYAs (65 % vs. 44 %). An increasing trend in survival was noted reaching 70 % in children and 53 % in AYAs in 2010-2018. Results were similar for Ewing bone sarcoma and extraosseous Ewing sarcoma. AYAs had a poorer prognosis than children for most tumor sites and regardless of disease stage. Survival probabilities were 60 % vs. 78 % for localized disease and 20 % vs. 33 % for metastatic disease. Multivariable-regression analysis, adjusted for follow-up time, diagnostic period, sex, disease stage, and tumor site, confirmed increased excess mortality among AYAs compared with children (excess HR: 1.7, 95 % CI: 1.3-2.1).

Conclusions: Despite survival improvements since the 1990s, AYAs with Ewing sarcoma in the Netherlands continue to fare considerably worse than children. This survival disparity was present irrespective of tissue of origin, tumor site, and disease stage.

Keywords: AYAs; Adolescents and young adults; Children; Disease stage; Epidemiology; Ewing sarcoma; Relative survival.

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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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