Neuroblastoma screening in infants: Introduction

✍ Scribed by Philip, Thierry

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 21 KB
• Volume: 31
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0098-1532
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-911x(199811)31:5<393::aid-mpo1>3.0.co;2-o

✦ Synopsis

A pre-consensus conference on the question of screening infants for neuroblastoma was held in Lyon, December 7-8, 1997. It was convened by the Association pour le De ´pistage du Neuroblastome and with the support of the Centre d'Études, d'Échanges et de Recherche Rho ˆne-Alpes-Canada-Quebec of the Centre Jacques Cartier, Lyon. The logo of the Centre heads these introductory remarks.

The title of the conference was, ''Should infants be screened for neuroblastoma?'' The issue was examined in depth, with review of the biology of neuroblastoma, the statistical methods appropriate to screening, the clinicians' expectations of such screening efforts, the ethical and psychological aspects of the screening issue, and the latest appropriate technical methods. A review of the first 30 years of screening, pioneered by the first investigators in Japan, provided an overview of what has been accomplished and learned to date.

The detailed manuscripts dealing with these important matters have been collected in this issue of Medical and Pediatric Oncology.