Neuroblastoma detected by mass screening: the Tumor Board's role in its treatment

Japan has a nationwide mass-screening program for neuroblastoma in 6-month-old infants. Neuroblastoma can regress spontaneously, and some institutions observe selected cases. We evaluated the management of screened neuroblastoma at our hospital since 1997 when an observation program was introduced....

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Veröffentlicht in:	Pediatric surgery international 2004-01, Vol.20 (1), p.27-32
Hauptverfasser:	Okazaki, Tadaharu, Kohno, Sumio, Mimaya, Jun-ichi, Hasegawa, Shiro, Urushihara, Naoto, Yoshida, Atsushi, Kawano, Shinya, Kusafuka, Junichi, Horikoshi, Yasuo, Takashima, Yoshifumi, Aoki, Katsuhiko, Hamazaki, Minoru
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adrenal Gland Neoplasms - pathology Adrenal Gland Neoplasms - prevention & control Adrenal Gland Neoplasms - surgery Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - therapeutic use Creatinine - urine Follow-Up Studies Homovanillic Acid - urine Hospitals, Pediatric Humans Infant Japan Mass Screening Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous Neoplasm Staging Neuroblastoma - pathology Neuroblastoma - prevention & control Neuroblastoma - surgery Parental Consent Prognosis Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc - analysis Retroperitoneal Neoplasms - pathology Retroperitoneal Neoplasms - prevention & control Retroperitoneal Neoplasms - urine Treatment Outcome Vanilmandelic Acid - urine
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Zusammenfassung:	Japan has a nationwide mass-screening program for neuroblastoma in 6-month-old infants. Neuroblastoma can regress spontaneously, and some institutions observe selected cases. We evaluated the management of screened neuroblastoma at our hospital since 1997 when an observation program was introduced. Criteria for the observation program were stage-I, stage-II, or stage-IVs tumors, urinary vanillylmandelic acid (VMA) and homovanillic acid (HVA) levels
ISSN:	0179-0358 1437-9813
DOI:	10.1007/s00383-003-1070-x