title: Neuroblastoma today.
abstract: Notwithstanding the progress made in radiology, nuclear medicine, immunohematology and genetics for more accurate diagnosis and staging in neuroblastoma and the availability of general new efficacious cytostatic drugs, the prognosis of children over 1 yr with advanced disease has remained poor. New refinements in therapeutics with multiagent regimens, massive chemotherapy followed by autologous bone marrow transplantation treatment, with or without immunomagnetic purging, and/or total body irradiation have improved response rate and disease-free survival in metastatic patients, but their effect on long-term survival needs further evaluation.
authors.affiliation: Oncologie Pédiatrique, Hôpital Universitaire des Enfants Reine Fabiola, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferster
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schots
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maurus
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Otten
mesh_terms: D019797:3-Iodobenzylguanidine; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007462:Iodobenzenes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D011379:Prognosis; D013565:Sympatholytics / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007462:Iodobenzenes; D013565:Sympatholytics; D019797:3-Iodobenzylguanidine