Bone marrow transplantation is a procedure in which healthy bone marrow is given to replace bone marrow destroyed by treatment with high doses of anticancer drugs or radiation. For the purposes of treatment presented here, neuroblastoma is categorized as localized resected, localized unresected, regional, disseminated, and special. Your child may receive treatment that is considered standard based on its effectiveness in a number of people in past studies, or you may choose to enter your child in a clinical trial. Not all patients are cured with standard therapy and some standard treatments may have more side effects than are desired. For these reasons, clinical trials are designed to test new treatments and to find better ways to treat people with cancer.
Clinical trials are ongoing in most parts of the country for most stages of neuroblastoma.
Surgery to remove the cancer. Surgery plus adjuvant chemotherapy. Surgery plus radiation therapy. Localized unresectable neuroblastoma Initial treatment generally consists of surgical removal of as much of the cancer as possible followed by chemotherapy. A second surgery may be performed to remove any cancer that remains, and radiation therapy may then be given.