children s health issues
Neuroblastoma
Prognosis for Neuroblastoma
Prognosis depends on several factors such as the child's age at diagnosis, whether the tumor has spread, and certain characteristics of the tumor called biologic features (for example, how the tumor looks under a microscope and some features of the DNA within the tumor cells). Younger children whose cancer has not spread have the best prognosis. The survival rates for children who have low-risk and intermediate-risk disease are about 90 to 95%. The survival rate for children who have high-risk disease was about 15% but has improved to greater than 50% with newer and intensified methods of combined therapy. 