VMA mass screening program of neuroblastoma for infants in Nagoya City, Japan

K. Kodama, T. Nakata, J. Ishii, K. Mitani, H. Tsunooka, A. Masaoka and M. Aoyama

American Journal of Public Health, 1985, vol. 75, issue 2, 173-175

Abstract: In Nagoya City, Japan, VMA mass screening for detection of neuroblastoma has been performed since 1977. Filter paper strips wetted with urine are mailed to a central laboratory. Positive tests are followed up by more definitive testing. Of the 20,053 urine samples of 6-month-old infants tested, January 1977 to March 1983, five asymptomatic infants with neuroblastoma have been discovered. All have been treated and are alive as of January 1984.

Date: 1985
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