Neuroblastoma is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in nerve tissue of the adrenal gland, neck, chest, or spinal cord.   Possible signs of neuroblastoma include bone pain and a lump in the abdomen, neck, or chest.   Tests that examine many different body tissues and fluids are used to... 

Could stem cells be used deliver anti-cancer drugs? It is widely hoped that neural stem cells will eventually be useful for replacing nerves damaged by degenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis. But there may be another use: delivering anti-cancer drugs to cancer cells. Neural... 

Welcome to Cancer Symptoms Page. This site is created for patients and caregivers to provide information on various types of cancer symptoms. Since prevention is the most important cancer-fighting tool, it is important that cancer is detected as early as possible before it reaches the next stage. Cancer... 

I am so glad to see that someone cares enough to create this web page.  My child also died with neuroblastoma cancer.  And for some reason I feel like it was caused by nix lice treatment.  He got lice 3 times in the same year that he was diagnosed.  I would like to write a story in memory of him.... 

Alaminos M, Gerald WL, Cheung NK. Prognositic value of MYCN and ID2 overexpression in neuroblastoma. Pediatric Blood & Cancer 45: 909-915. [PubMed] Mora J, Gerald WL, Qin J, Cheung NK. Evolving significance of prognostic markers associated with treatment improvement in stage 4 neuroblastoma. Cancer... 

The survival rate for neuroblastoma cancer has not changed since the 1970s. Blood Assurance is helping to increase that survival rate by giving $10 for every blood donation to Emily’s Power for a Cure Neuroblastoma Fund. Emily Ransom, a 2-year old neuroblastoma patient, lost her battle to the cancer... 

Breast-milk compounds could be a tonic for adult ills Julie J. Rehmeyer Catharina Svanborg thought that she already knew how remarkable breast milk is. The immunologist had logged hundreds of lab hours documenting ways in which human milk helps babies fight infections. But when the group decided to use... 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dr. Judah Folkman, a giant of cancer research who discovered that tumor growth depends on the generation of a network of blood vessels that provide nourishment, a process called angiogenesis, has died at the age of 74, Harvard Medical School said on Tuesday. Folkman’s work... 

Most of the current treatments of neuroblastoma and other cancers target the tumor cell itself.  For example, chemotherapy agents like cyclophosphamide and cisplatin kill rapidly dividing cells (i.e. tumor cells), radiation is beamed directly at tumors, and the surgeon removes visible masses.  Although... 

History CNCF President, Pat Tallungan, was the Co-Administrator of the N-Blastoma online support group sponsored by ACOR (Association of Cancer Online Resources) for 4 years. This listserv has over 350 subscribers from 8 different countries around the world. It provides a place for families to talk...