what is the average age of children diagnosed with neuroblastoma?

Question

Are there any long term stage IV neuroblastoma survivors for children over 1 year old?

Answer 1

Less than 5: 90% of cases occur before the age of 5 years old. 50% of them occur before the age of 2 years old. The highest incidence occurs in the first year of life.

Answer 2

Young: Under four years.

Answer 3

2 years: The average age is 22 months. 95% of neuroblastoma cases are diagnosed by 10 years of age.

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

YES!: The standard treatment depends on the risk assessment. Even high risk disease is treatable. The treatment for high risk involves chemotherapy, surgery, bone marrow rescue, radiation and immune-therapy. This treatment takes a total of about 18 months. The treatment is thought to be curable for 60-70% of patients. This is very effective therapy.

Answer 6

Yes: A lot depends upon the age of diagnosis and tissue type. Treatment will involve surgery and most likely some form of chemotherapy and ongoing surveillance.

Answer 7

Combination therapy: Children with neuroblastoma (cancer) are treated with a combination of surgery, chemotherapy, and sometimes radiation.

Answer 8

Depends on the stage: Low stage disease, which occurs mainly in very young infants, at times needs surgical resection followed by observation (no chemo). More advanced stages or neuroblastoma occuring in older children usually requires surgery and chemo. Very high risk disease (based on many factors) requires chemo, high dose chemo, stem cell infusion, radiation and more chemo. Good luck.

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