Nerve tumor in children: better tolerable chemotherapy without loss of efficacy

(St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute) The initial chemotherapy of aggressive childhood nerve tumors, so-called high-risk neuroblastomas, is crucial for ultimate survival. It has now been shown that the chemotherapy regimen used by the European Neuroblastoma Study Group is equally efficacious but better tolerated than a highly effective regimen from the US. This was the conclusion of an international trial coordinated by St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute. The study was published in the prestigious Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news