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neonatal tumors

Sunday 18 July 2004

Neonatal tumours occur every 12,500-27,500 live births and comprise 2% of childhood malignancies.

Classification

 congenital teratoma
 congenital neuroblastoma
 congenital mesoblastic nephroma
 congenital fibromatoses
 congenital soft tissue sarcomas
 congenital renal tumours
 congenital CNS tumours
 congenital leukemias
 congenital retinoblastoma

References

 Moore SW, Satge D, Sasco AJ, Zimmermann A, Plaschkes J. The epidemiology of neonatal tumours. Report of an international working group. Pediatr Surg Int. 2003 Sep;19(7):509-19. Epub 2003 Sep 11. PMID: 14523568