Treatment of Low-Risk Neuroblastoma

For information about the treatments listed below, see the Treatment Option Overview section.

Treatment of newly diagnosed low-risk neuroblastoma may include:

• surgery followed by observation
• observation alone for infants younger than 6 months who have small adrenal tumors or for infants who do not have signs or symptoms of neuroblastoma
• observation with biopsy for infants younger than age 1 year who have favorable histology and meet other low-risk criteria
• chemotherapy with or without surgery, for children with symptoms or children whose tumor has continued to grow and cannot be removed by surgery
• chemotherapy, for certain patients
• radiation therapy to treat tumors that are causing serious problems and do not respond quickly to chemotherapy or surgery

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