Neuroblastoma is a cancer that forms in your nerve tissue
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Oct 30 08 3:23pm
BACKGROUND:Scientists at UCL said they were able to stimulate the immune system of mice by injecting the animals' skin cells into a neuroblastoma tumour.-BBC
Neuroblastoma is a cancer that forms in your nerve tissue. It usually begins in the adrenal glands, which sit atop your kidneys. It may also begin in your neck, chest or spinal cord. The cancer often begins in early childhood. Sometimes it begins before a child is born. By the time doctors find the cancer, it has usually spread to other parts of the body. The most common symptoms are A lump in the abdomen, neck or chest Bulging eyes Dark circles around the eyes Bone pain Swollen stomach and trouble breathing in babies Painless, bluish lumps under the skin in babies Inability to move a body part Treatments include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy or a combination. Sometimes before giving treatment, doctors wait to see whether symptoms get worse. This is called watchful waiting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroblastoma http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/neuroblastoma.html http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/neuroblastoma/patient/
BACKGROUND:Scientists at UCL said they were able to stimulate the immune system of mice by injecting the animals' skin cells into a neuroblastoma tumour.-BBC
Neuroblastoma is a cancer that forms in your nerve tissue. It usually begins in the adrenal glands, which sit atop your kidneys. It may also begin in your neck, chest or spinal cord. The cancer often begins in early childhood. Sometimes it begins before a child is born. By the time doctors find the cancer, it has usually spread to other parts of the body. The most common symptoms are
A lump in the abdomen, neck or chest
Bulging eyes
Dark circles around the eyes
Bone pain
Swollen stomach and trouble breathing in babies
Painless, bluish lumps under the skin in babies
Inability to move a body part
Treatments include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy or a combination. Sometimes before giving treatment, doctors wait to see whether symptoms get worse. This is called watchful waiting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroblastoma
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/neuroblastoma.html
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/neuroblastoma/patient/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6268840.stm