Stage IV neuroblastoma

Many people do not understand what neuroblastoma is, nor do they know its corresponding symptoms, which leads to failure to detect it in the early stages and missing the best time for treatment. Neuroblastoma is a common childhood disease that occurs mostly in children under five years old and originates in the adrenal glands. Therefore, parents should pay more attention to their children. If they find that their children are unwell, they should go to the hospital for treatment in time. If neuroblastoma reaches stage four, the possibility of cure is relatively small.

① Neuroblastoma is a tumor originating from the adrenal gland and is the most common cancer in newborns. 32% of newborns have skin metastases, while 3% of patients in other age groups have skin metastases. Children with neuroblastoma often have a very short survival period, which may be less than a year, due to late diagnosis, tumor spread, and poor treatment efficacy. Please consult the relevant department of the local hospital for detailed information.

② The clinical symptoms of neuroblastoma in children include symptoms related to mediastinal compression and respiratory tract symptoms such as shortness of breath and cough. Patients often have limb pain, anemia, fever, weight loss, and orbital metastasis. Orbital metastasis forms characteristic panda eyes with protruding eyeballs and periorbital cyanosis. Others may have hypertension and compression symptoms related to the location of the mass, such as movement disorders and incontinence when there is intraspinal infiltration and compression.

③ Stage IV neuroblastoma indicates distant metastasis. The chances of surgery are relatively small. The treatment plan is to choose surgery if surgery is possible, and to use radiotherapy and chemotherapy if surgery is not possible. It can only be treated conservatively and symptomatically. My baby is six years old and has neuroblastoma, which is a malignant tumor and is already in stage four, which means there is distant metastasis and the chance of cure is extremely small, but chemotherapy can be chosen to prolong the child's survival.

④ Neuroblastoma is a malignant tumor, which is generally highly malignant and often occurs in infancy. The exact cause of the disease is not very clear, and it can metastasize to other organs through different pathways. Metastasis to the lungs is also caused by blood circulation. The prognosis of this stage is poor, and under current medical conditions, there is generally no possibility of cure.