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Neuroblastoma

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neuroblastoma [‚nu̇r·ō·bla′stō·mə]
(medicine)
A malignant neoplasm composed of anaplastic sympathicoblasts; occurs usually in the adrenal medulla of children.
Neuroblastoma 

a malignant tumor of nerve tissues, occurring most frequently in children. Classified as neuroblastomas are sympathicogoniomas, sympathicoblastomas, and ganglioblastomas. In most cases, neuroblastomas originate in the medulla glandulae suprarenalis, in the sympathetic trunk, and in the pelvic and abdominal divisions of the sympathetic nervous system.
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She appealed for donations to raise pounds 500,000 to fund the New York trip to treat Sophie's stage 4 neuroblastoma.
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NEUROBLASTOMA is a cancer that affects children, mostly under-fives.
Rare form of disease by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
What makes our study so important is that although neuroblastoma accounts for 7 percent of childhood cancers, it is responsible for 15 percent of deaths in children with cancer," Nature quoted Dr Wendy London, a research associate professor of epidemiology, biostatistics and health policy research at the UF College of Medicine and a member of the UF Shands Cancer Centre as saying.
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