Pediatric neuroblastoma

Neuroblastoma is a heterogeneous malignancy arising from immature nerve cells in the sympathetic nervous system which start growing uncontrollably. It predominantly affects children under the age of five and often originates in the adrenal glands. Symptoms may include an abdominal mass, abdominal pain, bone pain, fever, diarrhea, excessive sweating, anemia, and subcutaneous nodules. Certain genetic alterations are associated with more aggressive disease progression.

Treatment varies based on the tumor type and may range from active surveillance to surgical intervention, which can be combined with radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Prognosis is influenced by factors such as the age at diagnosis and the specific characteristics of the tumor.

NIH - Neuroblastoma

Differential Abundance Analysis Results

This section presents the results of the differential protein abundance analysis, visualized through a volcano plot and summarized in the accompanying table for all three comparisons: 1) disease vs. healthy samples, 2) disease vs. diseases from the same class, and 3) disease vs. all other diseases.

Disease vs Healthy
Disease vs Class
Disease vs All other