Abstract:Background: Multimodality treatment of Ewing sarcoma (EwS), a highly malignant bone and soft tissue tumor, provides a cure in most patients, but in the metastatic stage the prognosis remains bleak; new systemically effective therapeutic options are urgently needed. The multikinase inhibitor lestaurtinib (CEP701) is an orphan drug that has been clinically studied in various carcinomas, refractory neuroblastoma, and acute myeloid leukemia, but has not yet established itself as a standard therapy.
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