Skip to main content

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

Preferred term

neuroblastoma  

Definition

  • Neuroblastomas are neuroblastic tumors that arise from primitive sympathetic ganglion cells of the sympathetic nervous system. Epidemiology Neuroblastoma affects children and is the third most common cancer afflicting this population, after leukemia and brain tumors. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Health; Neuroblastoma]

Belongs to group

URI

https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/neuroblastoma

Download this concept: