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Mass Screening for Neuroblastoma in Infants in Japan. Interim Report of a Mass Screening Study Group

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Journal Lancet
Publisher Elsevier
Specialty General Medicine
Date 1984 Aug 4
PMID 6146820
Citations 31
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Abstract

A mass screening system for the early detection by means of a vanillylmandelic acid test of neuroblastoma in 6-month-old infants in Japan has been developed in eight districts. 16 of the 281 939 infants screened by this test had neuroblastoma, equivalent to a very high incidence of 1 in 17 621. 15 of the 16 children with neuroblastoma are alive; the other child died 1 month after surgery. This mass screening system for neuroblastoma used in infancy can help to improve prognosis in infants with this malignant disorder.

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