Malignant tumour consisting mainly of immature nerve cells.
A disease in which cancer (malignant) cells are found in certain nerve cells in the body. It most commonly occurs in the abdomen and is a common type of childhood cancer. Neuroblastoma can also start around the spinal cord, in the chest, neck, or pelvis.
Malignant hemorrhagic tumor that begins in the brain, especially in the adrenal medulla. Occurs mainly in infants and children.
a cancerous childhood tumor located in the adrenal glands or the sympathetic nervous system
Tumors of nervous system origin affecting mostly infants and children.
a malignant tumor of neuroblasts seen mostly in children under the age of 5; found most frequently in the adrenal medulla, retroperitoneal space, posterior mediastinum and within or around the brain; most tumors secrete catecholamines and their metabolites in the urine.
tumour of neural crest derived cells. (More? Neural Crest - Abnormalities)
Highly malignant tumor that usually originates in the adrenal glands of young children. Tumor metastasizes early and widely to lymph nodes, liver, lung and bone. Prior to metastasis, treatment is often successful.
malignant tumor containing embryonic nerve cells; usually metastasizes quickly
a cancer that grows in parts of the nervous system
a sarcoma consisting of malignant neuroblasts, usually arising in the autonomic nervous system
Neuroblastoma occurs most often in babies, young children. It is a disease in which cancer cells are found in certain nerve cells in the body, it originates in the adrenal medulla or other sites of sympathetic nervous system tissue. The most common site is the abdomen, either in the adrenal glands or around the spinal cord. The majority of patients present with metastatic disease. Age and stage are the main prognostic factors. Patients aged under one year at diagnosis have a more favourable prognosis. Stage 4S are a special group of patients aged under one year whose neuroblastoma may undergo spontaneous regression (tumour disappears without treatment). Also patients aged under one a higher proportion of low stage patients compared to older patients. There is an excess of males compared to females, there are a higher proportion of males in patients with less favourable sites and stage. WWW Resources for Neuroblastoma
Tumors that develop from neural (nervous) tissue and may arise from any site along the cranio-spinal axis. Most common solid tumour, after brain tumour, found in children.
A cancer that affects children under the age of 2.
Tumor of sympathetic nervous system origin, found mostly in infants and children.
Cancer of immature nerve cells. Mostly affects infants and children.
A cancer of the part of the glands that produce adrenaline. It mainly affects children under the age of four, and the most usual place for it to start is in the adrenal gland near, the kidney.
cancer occurring in the nerve cells.
A sarcoma (a specific type of cancerous cell structure) that originates in the nervous system and usually affects infants and children under the age of 10.
A solid tumor of children, which in an advanced wide spread stage may be treated by bone marrow transplant. (Read about neuroblastoma in " Cancer and Children ")
A solid tumor (sarcoma) arising from tissue of the nervous system. Often located in the abdomen, composed chiefly of neuroblasts.
A cancer that occurs in children and is sometimes treated by a marrow or blood stem cell transplant.
Cancer that arises in immature nerve cells and affects mostly infants and children.
Neuroblastoma is a disease in which cancer (malignant) cells are found in certain nerve cells in the body. Neuroblastoma most commonly starts in the abdomen, either in the adrenal glands (located just above the kidney in back of the upper abdomen) or around the spinal cord. Neuroblastoma can also start around the spinal cord in the chest, neck, or pelvis.
A malignant hemorrhagic tumor composed principally of cells resembling neuroblasts that give rise to cells of the sympathetic system, esp. adrenal medulla. This condition occurs chiefly in infants and children.
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. The incidence of neuroblastoma is about 1 per 100,000 infants.