title: Neuroblastoma in a 55-year-old patient: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Neuroblastomas account for 97% of all neuroblastic tumors and for approximately 15% of all pediatric cancer fatalities. However, in adults neuroblastoma is a very rare finding.
  
  
  METHODS
  Here, we present the case of a 55-year-old patient who was diagnosed with neuroblastoma stage IV one year after the false diagnosis of a non-secretory multiple myeloma.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patient received six cycles of a chemotherapy protocol with cisplatin, etoposide and vindesine alternating with vincristine, dacarbazine, ifosfamide and doxorubicin, but the response to treatment was insufficient (stable disease).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The standard chemotherapy protocols used for children are not sufficient for adult patients. Different treatment approaches are needed to improve the prognosis of adult patients with neuroblastoma.
authors: Department of Hematology/Oncology, Medizinische Klinik Innenstadt, University Hospital Munich, Germany.
authors: Cornelia
authors: C
authors: Then
authors: Kathleen
authors: K
authors: Ebelt
authors: Alexandra
authors: A
authors: Langer
authors: Doris
authors: D
authors: Mayr
authors: Ralf
authors: R
authors: Schmidmaier
authors: Fuat
authors: F
authors: Oduncu
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