The role of radiotherapy in local control of nonextremity Ewing sarcomas.

Purpose: To evaluate the results of radiotherapy and the prognostic factors affecting local control in nonextremity Ewing sarcomas.

Methods: Between 1995 and 2011, 44 patients with nonextremity Ewing sarcomas were treated with radiotherapy. Tumor localizations were pelvis in 23, spine in 13, thoracic region in 5, and cranium in 3 patients.

Successful Treatment With Total Skin Electron Beam Therapy in a Child With Isolated Cutaneous Relapsed AML.

A 9-year-old girl diagnosed with acute myeloblastic leukemia M4 developed isolated cutaneous relapse. She was given chemotherapy including idarubicin, fludarabine, and cytarabine. Although she developed very severe pancytopenia, increase in the number and size of the lesions was seen.