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Allied Journal of Medical Research
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Volume 2
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allied
academies
CANCER THERAPY AND ONCOLOGY
NEUROLOGY AND BRAIN DISORDERS
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International Conference on
International Conference on
J u n e 2 1 - 2 2 , 2 0 1 8 | O s a k a , J a p a n
Joint Event on
ARE IDRFS GOOD PREDICTORS OF
SURGICAL OUTCOMES FOR PATIENTS
WITH ABDOMINAL NEUROBLASTOMA
Ahmed Awad
South Egypt Cancer Institute-Assiut University, Egypt
Background:
Image defined risk factors IDRFs are risk factors, detected
on images and make total tumor excision risky or difficult at time of
diagnosis of pediatric abdominal neuroblastoma.
Objectives:
To evaluate if the IDRFs detected byMDCTare good predictors
of surgical outcomes in pediatric abdominal neuroblastoma.
Material and Methods:
40 cases with abdominal neuroblastoma were
evaluated in a prospective study for the presence or absence of IDRFs
using contrast enhanced multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT)
and correlated with the surgical outcome.
Results:
According to the pre-operative MDCT, patients classified into two
groups; group I have no IDRFs included 18 patients (45%) while group II,
had one or more of the IDRFs included 22 patients ( 55 %). In group II when
one or more of the IDRF were present, patients received neoadjuvant
chemotherapy in the form of three courses of OPEC alternating with
OJEC chemotherapy, complete excision of the mass was done in only 10
patients (45.5%), incomplete excision was done in 12 patients (54.5%).
While group I who had none of the IDRFs in their pre-operative MDCT
study, complete resection of the mass was feasible in all of the patients
(100%).
Ahmed Awad currently works as the Lecturer
of Surgical Oncology and Director of Endosco-
py unit at South Egypt Cancer Institute-Assiut
University-Egypt. He earlier worked as a Visitor
researcher at the Department of Gastroenterol-
ogy at Aichi Cancer Centre Hospital Japan.
ahmed_awad721@yahoo.comBIOGRAPHY
Ahmed Awad, Allied J Med Res 2018, Volume 2