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Raised neuron-specific enolase in serum of children with metastatic neuroblastoma. A report from the Children's Cancer Study Group.

Serum levels of neuron-specific enolase ( NSE) were measured by radioimmunoassay at diagnosis in 122 children with widespread metastatic neuroblastoma (clinical stage IV). 96% of these patients had NSE levels more than three standard deviations above the mean for age-matched normal children. Mean serum NSE was 207 +/- SD257 ng/ml (range 10-1240 ng/ml), whereas that in normal age-matched children was 7.5 +/- 2.1 ng/ml (range 5.4-12.9 ng/ml). Analysis of survival in relation to the level of NSE at diagnosis suggested that serum levels greater than 100 ng/ml were associated with a poor outcome. This relation was highly significant in the subgroup of infants less than 1 year old at diagnosis; all 7 with serum NSE below 100 ng/ml were alive up to 36 months after diagnosis, whereas 7 of 8 with serum NSE above 100 ng/ml died within 12 months of diagnosis. Serum NSE may be a useful disease marker and a prognostic indicator in children with metastatic neuroblastoma.[1]

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  1. Raised neuron-specific enolase in serum of children with metastatic neuroblastoma. A report from the Children's Cancer Study Group. Zeltzer, P.M., Marangos, P.J., Parma, A.M., Sather, H., Dalton, A., Hammond, D., Siegel, S.E., Seeger, R.C. Lancet (1983) [Pubmed]
 
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