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Neuroblastoma

 

 

Introduction

 

 

Neuroblastoma is:

  • A cancer of the sympathetic nervous system   It is derived from neural crest cells and is a neuroendocrine tumor.
  • The most common solid tumor of infancy and the most common extra-cranial solid tumor of childhood.
  • One of the few cancers known to undergo spontaneous regression from an undifferentiated state to a benign tumor.

 

Neuroblastoma can be very difficult to cure in older children.

Neuroblastoma accounts for 8 - 10% of childhood malignancies.  However, it accounts for 15% of cancer deaths in children.

Here are examples of US associations founded by parents of children with neuroblastoma to fund research and provide support for families battling this disease:

 

 

 

 

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