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neuroblastoma
[ noor-oh-bla-stoh-muh, nyoor- ]
noun
- a malignant tumor of immature nerve cells that usually starts in the autonomic nervous system or adrenal gland and spreads quickly, most often affecting young children.
neuroblastoma
/ ˌʊəəʊæˈəʊə /
noun
- pathol a malignant tumour that derives from neuroblasts, occurring mainly in the adrenal gland
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of neuroblastoma1
Example Sentences
When six-year-old Bradley Lowery died after a long illness - he was only 18 months when diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a rare type of cancer - he had become known to the whole football community.
"But if we can inhibit GPX4 production, we may be able to target and destroy cancer cells. This is particularly promising for treating neuroblastoma, which primarily affects children."
“If only my feeble hands could remove / This neuroblastoma tumor from your adrenal glands,” he raps.
The 8-year-old Bakersfield girl had been battling Stage IV neuroblastoma since 2019 with a grueling regimen of chemotherapy, immunotherapy and radiation treatments.
They then tested it with human neuroblastoma cells to demonstrate its effectiveness.
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