Neuroblastoma cancer

Apart from brain tumours, this is the most common solid tumour found in children.

The cancer can appear in different parts of the body, but it usually occurs in the abdomen (stomach) as a swelling, in the adrenal gland and usually in children under five.

Neuroblastoma is a cancer of specialised nerve cells which are involved in the development of the nervous system and other tissues.

Neuroblastoma can occur anywhere in the body, In some children, neuroblastoma is found in the neck in nerve tissue in the chest, and also around the spinal cord.

Like other cancers, no cause has been found for neuroblastoma.