神経芽細胞腫11例の経験

Abstract

Eleven cases with neuroblastoma treated at Wakayama Medical College in these 8 years were reviewed. The treatments consisted of surgery, chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy. All cases had been followed up for at least two years or until their death. Seven of them survived for two years or longer, of which 6 patients could be regarded as "cured ", and a remaining one had the recurrence within 10 months. Four of 11 cases died within two years and all of them had stage IV tumor. Our results confirmed the fact that the better prognosis could be expected in the younger patients with the lower stage or stage IV-S tumor, and that the early diagnosis and the adequate treatment of this tumor is indispensable.