Adrenal Neuroblastoma in an Adult: Effect of Radiotherapy on Local Progression after Surgical Removal

Here, we report the case of a 62-year-old man with neuroblastoma, which is extremely rare in adults. His tumor was resected, but it recurred four months later. Radiotherapy reduced tumor size, and the patient remained in good health three years after surgical tumor removal. The residual tumor and th...

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Autores principales: Kurokawa, Satoshi, Mizuno, Kentaro, Nakane, Akihiro, Moritoki, Yoshinobu, Nishio, Hidenori, Kamisawa, Hideyuki, Kubota, Yasue, Okada, Atsushi, Kawai, Noriyasu, Hayashi, Yutaro, Yasui, Takahiro
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Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4978852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27547479
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2657632
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author Kurokawa, Satoshi
Mizuno, Kentaro
Nakane, Akihiro
Moritoki, Yoshinobu
Nishio, Hidenori
Kamisawa, Hideyuki
Kubota, Yasue
Okada, Atsushi
Kawai, Noriyasu
Hayashi, Yutaro
Yasui, Takahiro
author_facet Kurokawa, Satoshi
Mizuno, Kentaro
Nakane, Akihiro
Moritoki, Yoshinobu
Nishio, Hidenori
Kamisawa, Hideyuki
Kubota, Yasue
Okada, Atsushi
Kawai, Noriyasu
Hayashi, Yutaro
Yasui, Takahiro
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description Here, we report the case of a 62-year-old man with neuroblastoma, which is extremely rare in adults. His tumor was resected, but it recurred four months later. Radiotherapy reduced tumor size, and the patient remained in good health three years after surgical tumor removal. The residual tumor and the treatments administered to this patient were evaluated. We have also reviewed the literature.
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spelling pubmed-49788522016-08-21 Adrenal Neuroblastoma in an Adult: Effect of Radiotherapy on Local Progression after Surgical Removal Kurokawa, Satoshi Mizuno, Kentaro Nakane, Akihiro Moritoki, Yoshinobu Nishio, Hidenori Kamisawa, Hideyuki Kubota, Yasue Okada, Atsushi Kawai, Noriyasu Hayashi, Yutaro Yasui, Takahiro Case Rep Urol Case Report Here, we report the case of a 62-year-old man with neuroblastoma, which is extremely rare in adults. His tumor was resected, but it recurred four months later. Radiotherapy reduced tumor size, and the patient remained in good health three years after surgical tumor removal. The residual tumor and the treatments administered to this patient were evaluated. We have also reviewed the literature. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-07-27 /pmc/articles/PMC4978852/ /pubmed/27547479 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2657632 Text en Copyright © 2016 Satoshi Kurokawa et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Kurokawa, Satoshi
Mizuno, Kentaro
Nakane, Akihiro
Moritoki, Yoshinobu
Nishio, Hidenori
Kamisawa, Hideyuki
Kubota, Yasue
Okada, Atsushi
Kawai, Noriyasu
Hayashi, Yutaro
Yasui, Takahiro
Adrenal Neuroblastoma in an Adult: Effect of Radiotherapy on Local Progression after Surgical Removal
title Adrenal Neuroblastoma in an Adult: Effect of Radiotherapy on Local Progression after Surgical Removal
title_full Adrenal Neuroblastoma in an Adult: Effect of Radiotherapy on Local Progression after Surgical Removal
title_fullStr Adrenal Neuroblastoma in an Adult: Effect of Radiotherapy on Local Progression after Surgical Removal
title_full_unstemmed Adrenal Neuroblastoma in an Adult: Effect of Radiotherapy on Local Progression after Surgical Removal
title_short Adrenal Neuroblastoma in an Adult: Effect of Radiotherapy on Local Progression after Surgical Removal
title_sort adrenal neuroblastoma in an adult: effect of radiotherapy on local progression after surgical removal
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4978852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27547479
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2657632
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