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ArticleJournal of cancer research and clinical oncology2023

Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of children with peripheral neuroblastic tumors: a study on a Moroccan population.

Aroua Anissi Eddaibouni, Nisrine Bennani Guebessi, Siham Cherkaoui, Mehdi Karkouri, Nisrine Khoubila, Hajar Maataoui-Belabbes

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Article in Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Cervicothoracic dumbbell ganglioneuroblastoma with spinal canal involvement and bone marrow metastasis: a case report and systematic review.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026
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  3. Spinal ganglioneuroma: a rare and challenging tumor in the pediatric population.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2024
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Aroua Anissi EddaibouniCellular and Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco. aroua.anissi-etu@etu.univh2c.ma.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1483-5960
Nisrine Bennani GuebessiCellular and Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5057-6567
Siham CherkaouiCellular and Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4115-0374
Mehdi KarkouriCellular and Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6857-7442
Nisrine KhoubilaCellular and Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco.
Hajar Maataoui-BelabbesHematology and Pediatric Oncology Department, Hospital 20 August, Casablanca, Morocco.
University of Hassan II Casablanca · MAHôpital 20 Août · MA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposePeripheral neuroblastic tumors are the most common extracranial cancers found in children, and they are characterized by a diverse spectrum of clinical manifestations and heterogeneous behaviors. This study aimed to investigate the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of children with peripheral neuroblastic tumors admitted to the Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology of the Hospital August 20 in Casablanca.

methodsThe medical files of 48 children with peripheral neuroblastic tumors addressed to our department between February 2018 and February 2023 were reviewed. The clinical and demographic characteristics of patients were analyzed by the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), survival curves were obtained by Kaplan-Meier technique, and we assigned the tumor stage to patients based on the International Neuroblastoma Risk Group Staging System (INRGSS).

resultsThe median age of diagnosis was 30 months (1-174), with a ratio F/M of 1.28. 93.75% of patients had neuroblastoma, and the rest had ganglioneuroma. About 64.6% of patients had at their initial presentations stage M of peripheral neuroblastic tumors. The adrenal region made up 71% of the primary tumor site. The bone was one of the most prevalent metastatic sites (54.2%). The five-year overall survival rate was 35.4%.

conclusionOverall, this study revealed a high stage of peripheral neuroblastic tumors in the majority of the diagnosed patients in our Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology. Moreover, the heterogeneity of peripheral neuroblastic tumors makes clinical recognition difficult and, in general, too late.

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GanglioneuromaNeuroblastomaChildHumansRepressor ProteinsSurvival RateRepressor ProteinsEpidemiologyHeterogeneityMetastaticNeuroblastomaPeripheral neuroblastic tumors

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PMID37979055
PMCPMC11797570
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