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Pathologic Change and Prognosis after Combination Therapy in Advanced Neuroblastoma  

Seo, Yeon Kyong (Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Keimyung University)
Jung, Yu Jin (Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Keimyung University)
Kim, Joon Sik (Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Keimyung University)
Kim, Heung Sik (Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Keimyung University)
Park, Woo Hyun (Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keimyung University)
Choi, Soon Ok (Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keimyung University)
Lee, Byung Yook (Departement of Pathology, School of Medicine, Keimyung University)
Kwon, Kun Young (Departement of Pathology, School of Medicine, Keimyung University)
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Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics / v.46, no.11, 2003 , pp. 1107-1111 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose : Neuroblastoma is a malignant neoplasm which arises from primitive sympathetic neuroblasts, and occasionally can matured from a malignant neuroblastoma into a benign ganglioneuroma. It has the highest rate of spontaneous regression of any pediatric tumor. We performed a retrospective study of pathologic features after combination therapy in advanced neuroblastoma. Prognostic effects of the individual morphologic feature and prognostic groupings according to modified Shimada classification systems were analyzed. Methods : The treatment results for six patients with neuroblastoma seen at Keimyung University from Jan. 1991 to June 2000 were analyzed. Patients were treated with a combination of chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgery, and classified by two major prognostic criteria based on morphological features of neuroblastoma, such as modified Shimada classification and histologic grading. Results : Three cases were classified to a good histologic group; among them, two cases survived, but one case was lost in follow-up. There were three cases classified in a poor histologic group. All of these patients expired due to sepsis and hemorrhagic pancreatitis. Conclusion : Prognostic classification due to pathologic findings had significant value in evaluating the survival rate of neuroblastoma patients.
Keywords
Neuroblastoma; Pathologic change; Prognosis;
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