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what is the treatment for a  neuroblastoma?

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Depends on stage: Treatments vary depending on whether the neuroblastoma is low, intermediate or high risk. The risk groups depend on stage and genetic markers of the tumor. Treatments include chemotherapy and surgery for most.  High risk tumor get quite a bit more treatment, like more chemo, high dose chemo, radiation and some newer treatments.

Question 2

is there any really effective treatment of neuroblastoma in children?

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Yes: Thankfully treatment of neuroblastoma has improved dramatically over the last decade. That is not to say that all children are curable; the outcome is greatly dependent on the risk stratification that your oncologist perform to tailor treatment. As expected children in the high risk group do not do as well as those in the low risk group.

Question 3

what would the treatment be for a 12 year old with neuroblastoma?

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Depends: The treatment depends on an assignment of risk, which is based on a number of features of the neuroblastoma.  In my experience, 12 year old children typically display high risk features.  This treatment is very long and intense.  It involves chemo, surgery, more chemo and stem cell transplant, radiation, and more chemo.  
Best of luck.  This is good therapy, but it can be hard.

Question 4

what is a good treatment for neuroblastoma for a 12 yr. old girl?

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Experienced hospital: Therapy for neuroblastoma depends on a number of factors (stage, biological and molecular characteristics of the tumor, age, etc.). It is essential to try to get treated  at a pediatric hospital with a lot of experience. 12 years old is quite rare for neuroblastoma, and may be difficult to treat. If not being treated by expert, make sure they are in contact with one to help with treatment planning.

Question 5

what're treatments for neuroblastoma?

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Multidisciplinary: Usually involves risk stratification by your oncologist via biopsy, bone marrow aspiration, ct scans and mibg scan. Once this is done, therapy usually involves chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery.

Question 6

what are the treatments for recurrent neuroblastoma?

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Depends: Depending on the patient and extent of disease, treatment options may include surgery, chemo, radiation, immunotherapy, and stem cell transplant.

Question 7

can you treat neuroblastoma with antibody therapy?

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Sometimes: Some types of high risk neuroblastomas do qualify for treatment with certain kinds of antibody therapy. However, due to the complicated nature of this cancer treatment is very case-specific and not all neuroblastoma cases will be approached with this treatment modality.

Question 8

does anyone here treat neuroblastoma with antibody therapy?

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No: Neuroblastoma is not an infectious disease and therefore does not respond to antibiotics.

Question 9

is there treatment for nueroblastoma?

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Surgery chemotherapy: Neuroblastoma is one of the more common cancers of childhood.  The success of therapy depends on the staging.  There are many successes though with appropriate care in pediatric cancer centers.

Question 10

how can we cure neuroblastoma?

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Surgery: Neuroblastoma most common cancer among infants arising in the adrenal gland. Treatment: surgical resection, chemotherapy and sometimes radiation therapy. You need to see and ask your treating physicans: primary care doctor, surgeon, oncologist and radiation therapist physicians for a definitive answers to your question about cure of neuroblastoma. They will be in a position to answer your question.

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