The treatment of neuroblastoma.
A protocol for the management of children with neuroblastoma is described. The appearance of peri-orbital ecchymosis and radiologically demonstrable skeletal metastases are of poor prognostic significance. The relatively infrequent occurrence of neuroblastoma in the Black population of Johannesburg is stressed.
D001741:Black or African American; D044383:Black People; D001859:Bone Neoplasms; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004438:Ecchymosis / Q000209:etiology; D005006:Ethnicity; D005143:Eyelids; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D013019:South Africa; D014750:Vincristine / Q000627:therapeutic use
D014750:Vincristine; D004317:Doxorubicin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide