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The daily neuroblastoma cancer news is a unique cancer news service that evaluates all aspects of neuroblastoma cancer research and reports on the developments that are most important to cancer patients and health care providers. The daily cancer news provides information about emerging options for neuroblastoma cancer prevention, early detection and neuroblastoma cancer treatment, as well as advances in supportive care and personalized medicine. Supportive care improves quality of life by making neuroblastoma cancer treatment more tolerable, and personalized medicine offers the potential for improved treatment outcomes by using specific characteristics of the patient or the cancer to guide cancer treatment decisions. In addition, interested individuals can search the Cancer Consultants Neuroblastoma Cancer News Archives to find the results of the cancer studies that led to the care they have been offered.
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Gene Expression Predicts Neuroblastoma Outcome (June 30, 2009)
Among children with neuroblastoma, a test that assesses the activity of several genes in a sample of tumor tissue provides information about the patient’s prognosis and may help guide treatment decisions.... Continue Reading
According to the results of a Phase III clinical trial that will be presented at the 2009 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), use of an investigational immunotherapy treatment... Continue Reading
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Gene Expression Predicts Neuroblastoma Outcome (June 30, 2009)
Among children with neuroblastoma, a test that assesses the activity of several genes in a sample of tumor tissue provides information about the patient’s prognosis and may help guide treatment decisions. The results of this study were published in... Continue Reading
Genetic Variation Associated with Risk of Neuroblastoma (May 9, 2008)Genetic Variation Associated with Risk of Neuroblastoma Individuals with a common genetic variation (change in DNA) on the chromosome band 6p22 have a significantly increased risk of developing neuroblastoma, as well as an increased risk for disease relapse... Continue Reading
Vitamins During Pregnancy Decrease Childhood Cancer Risk (February 23, 2007)Vitamins During Pregnancy Decrease Childhood Cancer Risk According to an early online publication in the journal Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, children of mothers who take vitamins during pregnancy have a decreased risk of pediatric brain tumors,... Continue Reading
Gene Expression and Outcomes with Standard Therapy in Neuroblastoma (September 6, 2006)Gene Expression and Outcomes with Standard Therapy in Neuroblastoma According to an article recently published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, gene expression profiling may help predict the risk of cancer progression among patients... Continue Reading
Two Autologous Stem Cell Transplants Effective for High-risk Neuroblastoma (August 21, 2006)Two Autologous Stem Cell Transplants Effective for High-risk Neuroblastoma According to an article recently published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, treatment including induction chemotherapy, surgery, radiation therapy, and two (tandem) autologous... Continue Reading
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