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New strategies to enhance the survival of children with neuroblastoma - Earth News Report
Neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer that develops from neural cells on the adrenal glands, accounts for 15% of childhood cancer deaths. Almost half of children with high-risk neuroblastoma harbor extra copies of the gene MYCN (MYCN amplified), the primary driver of neuroblastoma and its resistance to therapy. "Treating neuroblastoma by directly targeting MYCN has been challenging,"