Neuroblastoma with N-myc amplification detected by urine: Mass screening in infants after the sixth month of life

Neuroblastoma screening in infants postp

Neuroblastoma screening in infants postponed after the sixth month of age: A trial to reduce “overdiagnosis” and to detect cases with “unfavorable” biologic features

✍ Kerbl, Reinhold; Urban, Christian E.; Ladenstein, Ruth; Ambros, Inge M.; Spuller 📂 Article 📅 1997 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 223 KB 👁 2 views

## Background: Encouraged by japanese reports of the benefits of screening 6 month-old infants for neuroblastoma, a neuroblastoma screening program was introduced in austria in 1991. however, because of concerns related to "overdiagnosis" by screening at this age, the screening test was performed a