Complete surgical resection plus chemotherapy prolongs survival in children with stage 4 neuroblastoma

The impact of early resection of primary

The impact of early resection of primary neuroblastoma on the survival of children older than 1 year of age with stage 4 disease : The St. Jude Children's Research Hospital experience

✍ Lisa M. McGregor; Bhaskar N. Rao; Andrew M. Davidoff; Catherine A. Billups; Sura 📂 Article 📅 2005 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 183 KB 👁 3 views

## Abstract ## BACKGROUND It remains unclear whether primary tumor resection benefits patients with metastatic neuroblastoma. The authors assessed the impact of extent and timing of resection on outcome in these patients. ## METHODS The authors reviewed the records of 124 patients > 1 year of ag