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Genetic abnormalities in adolescents and young adults with neuroblastoma: A report from the Italian Neuroblastoma Group
29 Apr 2015
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BACKGROUND: Less than 5% of neuroblastomas (NB) occur in adolescents and young adults (AYA), in whom the disease has an indolent and fatal course. PROCEDURE: We studied the genomic profile and histological characteristics of 34 NBs from AYA patients enrolled in the Italian Neuroblastoma Registry (INBR) between 1979 and 2009. RESULTS: Disease was disseminated in 20 patients and localized in 14; 30/34 tumors were...
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