Neuroblastoma is a cancer that affects the sympathetic nervous system of children. It is unusual among cancers because it ...

Neuroblastoma develops in very early forms of nerve cells that are usually found in a developing baby, which explains why children as young as newborns can develop this cancer. In fact, neuroblastoma ...

Early symptoms of neuroblastoma are similar to other common diseases. However, this disease is not a common disease, but a rare type of cancer that begins to grow while the baby is still in the ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Lund University in Sweden have identified a new treatment strategy for neuroblastoma ...

Childhood neuroblastoma is often a fatal disease. A new approach using a combination of two drugs shows promise in reducing relapse rates and improving long-term survival ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Lund University in Sweden have identified a new treatment strategy for neuroblastoma ...

The 5-year survival rate for neuroblastoma depends on a child’s risk group. Doctors use risk groups to determine how likely a child with neuroblastoma can be cured and what their treatment ...

Neuroblastoma is a complex disease with many contradictions and challenges. It is, by and large, a cancer of babies and preschool children, but it does occur, albeit increasingly rarely, in older ...

Neuroblastoma is a cancer that affects the sympathetic nervous system of children. It is unusual among cancers because it shows a range of outcomes: from aggressive, potentially fatal progression to a ...

Liquid biopsies are a promise for the future of personalized cancer medicine: Many children with high-risk neuroblastoma, i.e. 50% of all neuroblastoma cases, are at risk of not responding to therapy ...

Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) developed a longitudinal atlas of neuroblastoma, a common and potentially deadly childhood cancer, to gain a deeper understanding into ...