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APRIL 23, 2016

Pregnancy Plasma Protein May Be Therapeutic Target for Ewing Sarcoma

Report from AACR 2016

Pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A) may be a viable therapeutic for targeting Ewing sarcoma in pediatric patients, a group of investigators suggested at the 2016 annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research. 

The team pointed out that the five-year overall survival for pediatric patients with relapsed or metastatic Ewing sarcoma is less than 20%, indicating a clear need for novel targeted therapies.

“PAPP-A was identified as one of the top five