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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid cancer in infancy and childhood. It is a neuroendocrine tumor, arising from any neural crest element of the sympathetic nervous system. Close to 50 percent of neuroblastoma cases occur in children younger than two years old.[1]
Neuroblastoma is a rare type of cancer occurs in infants and young children. It is a cancer origins from nerve tissue. It may be found in the adrenal glands, in the neck, chest or spinal cord. The cancer often begins in early childhood. Sometimes it begins before a child is born. By the time doctors find the tumor, it has usually spread to other organs. Usual symptoms are a lump in the abdomen, neck or chest, bulging eyes, dark circles around the eyes, bone pain, swollen stomach and trouble breathing in babies, painless, bluish lumps under the skin in babies and inability to move a body part. Treatments include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or a combination.
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- ↑ Janet Sassi,"Cellular Communication: Unraveling the Secrets of Histone Proteins", Fordham University, February 16, 2007