Neuroblastoma

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Cheung, Nai-Kong V. (Editor), Cohn, Susan L. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Pediatric Oncology,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Oncology.; Neurology.; Pediatrics.; Pediatric surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Pediatric Surgery.

Neuroblastoma is a medical enigma. As a childhood neoplasm arising from neural crest cells, it is characterized by diverse clinical behaviors ranging from spontaneous remission to rapid tumor progression and death. Although clinical outcome can be predicted to a large extent by the stage of disease...