CHICAGO, July 11, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The only family education and medical conference focused solely on the latest treatments and clinical trials for neuroblastoma, an aggressive childhood cancer whose primary victims are infants and toddlers, returns July 14–17 to the Westin Hotel in Lombard, Illinois. Sponsored by the Children's Neuroblastoma Cancer Foundation with generous support from United Therapeutics Corporation, the annual conference brings families together with the country's leading … [Read more...]

What is Neuroblastoma? Mainly affecting children, neuroblastoma is a relatively rare cancer of the sympathetic nervous system — a nerve network that carries messages from the brain throughout the body. Each year about 600 children in the United States will develop neuroblastoma. Generally developing in young children, it accounts for half of all malignancies in infants. These solid tumors, which take the form of a lump or mass, commonly begin in one of the adrenal glands, though they can also … [Read more...]