Neuroblastoma is an embryonic tumor of the peripheral sympathetic nervous system. It is the
most common extracranial solid tumor of childhood and accounts for up to 15% of all …

Neuroblastoma (NB), the most common extracranial tumor of childhood, is a cancer of
primordial neural crest cells that give rise to sympathetic neural ganglia and adrenal …

Recent genomic and biological studies of neuroblastoma have shed light on the dramatic
heterogeneity in the clinical behaviour of this disease, which spans from spontaneous …

Estimated 5‐year survival rates for patients with non‐high‐risk and high‐risk neuroblastoma
are 90% and 50%, respectively. Recent clinical trials have shown excellent outcomes with …

Purpose The excellent prognosis of localized neuroblastoma in infants, the overdiagnosis
observed in neuroblastoma screening studies, and several case reports of regression of …

Objective: To demonstrate that expectant observation of young infants with small adrenal
masses would result in excellent event-free and overall survival. Background …

Abstract Background In 1996, Mexico started to register cases of childhood cancer. Here, we
describe the incidence of cancer in children, residing in ten Mexican jurisdictions, who were …

One-fifth of all neuroblastomas are diagnosed either antenatally or in the first 3 months of
life. Over the past two decades, routine prenatal ultrasound has significantly increased the …

Background Since indications for laparoscopic adrenalectomy have progressively expanded
to pediatric surgery, preliminary reports have studied the laparoscopic approach for …

Summary Background In Japan, a nationwide programme between 1984 and 2003
screened all infants for urinary catecholamine metabolites as a marker for neuroblastoma …