Article
Neuroblastoma.
Nature reviews. Disease primers - 10 Nov 2016
Matthay Katherine K, Maris John M, Schleiermacher Gudrun, Nakagawara Akira, Mackall Crystal L, Diller Lisa, Weiss William A
Abstract excerpt
Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid tumour occurring in childhood and has a diverse clinical presentation and course depending on the tumour biology. Unique features of these neuroendocrine tumours are the early age of onset, the high frequency of metastatic disease at diagnosis and the tendency for spontaneous regression of tumours in infancy. The most malignant tumours have amplification of the...
Topics
- Biomarkers
- Dopamine
- Homovanillic Acid
- Humans
- Incidence
- Mutation
- N-Myc Proto-Oncogene Protein
- Neuroblastoma
- Remission, Spontaneous
- Vanilmandelic Acid