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* Surgical intervention alone may be curative as a single therapeutic modality for the management of '''low risk''' neuroblastoma patients. | * Surgical intervention alone may be curative as a single therapeutic modality for the management of '''low risk''' neuroblastoma patients. | ||
* Surgical intervention must be followed by chemotherapy for the management of '''intermediate risk''' neuroblastoma patients. | * Surgical intervention must be followed by chemotherapy for the management of '''intermediate risk''' neuroblastoma patients. | ||
* The potential benefit of aggressive surgical approaches in '''high-risk''' patients with metastatic disease | * The potential benefit of aggressive surgical approaches to achieve complete tumor resection in '''high-risk''' patients with metastatic disease has not been clearly demonstrated.<ref name="gov">Neuroblastoma treatment–for health professionals. National Cancer Institute (2015) http://www.cancer.gov/types/neuroblastoma/hp/neuroblastoma-treatment-pdq#section/_1 Accessed on October, 8 2015</ref> | ||
* Surgical complications following neuroblastoma resection may include:<ref>Neuroblastomas. Patient (2015) http://patient.info/doctor/neuroblastomas Accessed on October, 11 2015</ref> | * Surgical complications following neuroblastoma resection may include:<ref>Neuroblastomas. Patient (2015) http://patient.info/doctor/neuroblastomas Accessed on October, 11 2015</ref> | ||
:* Intussusception | :* Intussusception | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Haytham Allaham, M.D. [2]
Overview
Surgical intervention alone may be curative as a single therapeutic modality for the management of low risk neuroblastoma patients.[1]
Surgery
- Surgical intervention alone may be curative as a single therapeutic modality for the management of low risk neuroblastoma patients.
- Surgical intervention must be followed by chemotherapy for the management of intermediate risk neuroblastoma patients.
- The potential benefit of aggressive surgical approaches to achieve complete tumor resection in high-risk patients with metastatic disease has not been clearly demonstrated.[1]
- Surgical complications following neuroblastoma resection may include:[2]
- Intussusception
- Internal haemorrhage due to vessel injuries
- Nerve injuries
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Neuroblastoma treatment–for health professionals. National Cancer Institute (2015) http://www.cancer.gov/types/neuroblastoma/hp/neuroblastoma-treatment-pdq#section/_1 Accessed on October, 8 2015
- ↑ Neuroblastomas. Patient (2015) http://patient.info/doctor/neuroblastomas Accessed on October, 11 2015