Annals of surgery
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Multicenter Study Clinical Trial
A prospective study of expectant observation as primary therapy for neuroblastoma in young infants: a Children's Oncology Group study.
To demonstrate that expectant observation of young infants with small adrenal masses would result in excellent event-free and overall survival. ⋯ Expectant observation of infants younger than 6 months with small adrenal masses led to excellent event-free survival and overall survival while avoiding surgical intervention in a large majority of the patients.