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http://dx.doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2009.52.1.93

Outcome of patients with neuroblastoma aged less than 1 year at diagnosis  

Suh, Jung Min (Department of Pediatric, Samsung Medical Center Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
Lee, Sang Goo (Department of Pediatric, Samsung Medical Center Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
Yoo, Keon Hee (Department of Pediatric, Samsung Medical Center Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
Sung, Ki Woong (Department of Pediatric, Samsung Medical Center Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
Koo, Hong Hoe (Department of Pediatric, Samsung Medical Center Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
Kim, Ju Youn (Department of Pediatric, Samsung Medical Center Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
Cho, Eun Joo (Department of Pediatric, Samsung Medical Center Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
Lee, Suk Koo (Department of Pediatric Surgery, Samsung Medical Center Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
Kim, Jhingook (Department of Thoracic Oncology, Samsung Medical Center Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
Lim, Do Hoon (Department of Radiation Oncology, Samsung Medical Center Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
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Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics / v.52, no.1, 2009 , pp. 93-98 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose : The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with neuroblastoma aged less than 1 year. Methods : From January 1997 to December 2007, 41 patients aged less than 1 year were diagnosed with neuroblastoma. Patients were divided into 3 risk groups according to the stage of the disease and N-myc amplification. Low-risk patients underwent surgery with (stage 2) or without (stage 1) short-term chemotherapy. Intermediate-risk patients underwent chemotherapy and surgery with or without local radiation therapy. High-risk patients underwent chemotherapy, surgery, radiation therapy, and high-dose chemotherapy/autologous stem cell rescue (HDCT/ASCR). Results : While tumor relapse occurred in only 1 patient, 7 patients died of treatment-related toxicities. Causes of treatment- related death included infection during conventional chemotherapy in 5 patients and acute myocarditis during HDCT/ASCR in 2 patients. The overall 5-year survival (${\pm}$ standard error) and 5-year event-free survival (EFS) rates after diagnosis for all 41 patients were $82.8{\pm}5.9%$ and $80.0{\pm}$6.3%$, respectively, with a median follow-up of 58 (9-137) months. The 5-year EFS rates for low-risk, intermediate-risk, and high-risk patients were 100%, $68.4{\pm}10.8%$, and $66.7{\pm}19.3%$, respectively. Conclusion : Increased efforts to reduce infection-associated toxicity deaths during conventional chemotherapy are needed to further improve the survival of patients with neuroblastoma aged less than 1 year.
Keywords
Neuroblastoma; Prognosis;
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