Documentation of our neuroblastoma cases (49 cases, retrospective study)

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Yildirim Ekin Z., Tosun Yildirim H., Demirag B., Sayar C., Ekin A. G., AKTAŞ S., ...More

IZMIR DR BEHCET UZ COCUK HASTANESI DERGISI, vol.6, no.2, pp.109-112, 2016 (ESCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 6 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.5222/buchd.2016.109
  • Journal Name: IZMIR DR BEHCET UZ COCUK HASTANESI DERGISI
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.109-112
  • Keywords: Neuroblastoma, Shimada classification, neural crest, CLASSIFICATION, SYSTEM
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common extracranial solid cancer in childhood and the most common cancer in infancy. Nearly half of neuroblastoma cases occur in children younger than two years. It is a neuroendocrine tumor, arising from neural crest. It most frequently originates from one of the adrenal glands, but can also develop in neural tissues in the neck, chest, abdomen, or pelvis. In this study, neuroblastoma cases were reviewed and classified occording to the Shimada classification.