Abstract

In most cancers, the age of the affected patient has a significant influence on how that cancer is approached. This is less often the case in sarcomas in that both children and adults are treated similarly. However, different types of sarcomas are most typical in these populations, and our understanding of these cancers in one group has provided direction for understanding them in the other group. For example, advances at the molecular level in Ewing sarcoma, a disease that affects predominantly...