Ewing sarcoma (ES) is a form of primary bone cancer, with few treatment options for patients who develop relapse with an overall 5-year survival of 13%. New treatment options are needed and histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors show encouraging results in preclinical studies. Our patient developed inoperable progressive lung metastases and was treated with the HDAC inhibitor panobinostat. During 18 months of treatment, no new lesions appeared; the treatment was stopped due to progression. This clinical observation warrants further evaluation of HDAC inhibitors in ES. Combination with chemotherapy and biomarker studies could improve the therapeutic index of these classes of compounds.
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