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• n  malignant tumor containing embryonic nerve cells; usually metastasizes quickly

• Nineteen-year-old Michael Gillick was diagnosed with neuroblastoma at the age of 3 12 months.
• Leading regressive cancers: neuroblastoma, a malignancy of the sympathetic nervous system that turns up chiefly in young children, and chorionepithelioma, a very rare malignancy of .
• In his labs at the University of California, San Francisco, he is genetically altering mice to provide better models for studying leukemia and neuroblastoma, the most common tumor .

News & Articles

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• Sears Canada Congratulates Sears Childhood Cancer Fellow on Winning Prestigious Award for Neuroblastoma Research
  Sears Canada Congratulates Sears Childhood Cancer Fellow on Winning Prestigious Award for Neuroblastoma Research
  June 11, 2013 - CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance
• Children design entries for Cards of Hope collection
  When Matthew Dewitt of Shinnston was 3 months old, doctors diagnosed him with a neuroblastoma, a type of cancer that strikes children, often, like Matthew, in infancy.
  June 10, 2013 - The Times West Virginian
• A Benefit Concert To Help A Kid In Need
  Southeastern Ohio Sinners-n-Saints put on a benefit concert Saturday afternoon to honor a kid with Neuroblastoma and Bone Marrow Disease.
  June 8, 2013 - WTAP Parkersburg