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...

Table of Contents:

• Epidemiology
• Screening for Neuroblastoma
• Genetics
• Molecular Cytogenetics
• Molecular and Developmental Biology of Neuroblastoma
• Cellular Heterogeneity
• Clinical Presentation
• Pathology of Peripheral Neuroblastic Tumors
• Molecular Pathology of Neuroblastic Tumors Based on Genome-wide Expression Analysis
• Anatomic and Functional Imaging
• Treatment of Neuroblastoma
• Treatment of Relapsed and Refractory Neuroblastoma
• Management of Neurologic Complications
• Immunology and Immunotherapy
• Differentiation and Retinoids
• Angiogenesis
• Experimental Therapeutics and Preclinical Models
• Late Effects of Treatment
• Perspectives and Future Directions.