How to Use neuroblastoma in a Sentence

neuroblastoma

noun
  • There was a large tumor on his kidney called a neuroblastoma.
    — Tom Corwin, ajc, 26 Sep. 2021
  • Edie was 6 months old when she was first diagnosed with neuroblastoma.
    — Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 15 June 2026
  • At age of 4, she was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a nerve tumor of the spinal cord and brain.
    — Daniel Brown, Orange County Register, 14 Apr. 2017
  • At the age of 4, she was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a nerve tumor of the spinal cord and brain.
    — Daniel Brown, The Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2017
  • At nine months of age, he had been diagnosed with neuroblastoma and undergone eight rounds of chemo.
    — Alan Burdick, The New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2017
  • Franklin saw another diagnosis, a neuroblastoma in a two-year-old child, in just the last few weeks.
    — Sarah Bowman, Indianapolis Star, 2 Dec. 2019
  • One of her children was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a sometimes-lethal cancer that can form on a child’s nerve cells.
    — Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The little boy battled neuroblastoma, a rare form of cancer, and dreamed of one day joining the Army.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 29 June 2019
  • Since then, the bone marrow transplant program has done five transplants in three children, all with neuroblastoma.
    — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The neurons came from a cell line that was originally cultured from a cancer called neuroblastoma.
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 20 July 2022
  • The boy died in 2011 after a nine-month battle with neuroblastoma, just a few days short of his fourth birthday.
    — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 12 May 2023
  • Shashank Sirsi talked to her about his research studying neuroblastoma in children.
    — Dallas News, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Walter had undergone more than two years of treatment for neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer.
    — Dave Clark, Cincinnati.com, 6 Oct. 2017
  • Mutated forms of the gene and protein have been found in non-small cell lung cancer, anaplastic large cell lymphoma and neuroblastoma, a brain cancer.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 21 May 2020
  • When Ford was just 18 months old, he was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer.
    — Jane Lacroix, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Leah was 4 years old when she was diagnosed with neuroblastoma and given a 50 percent chance of survival.
    — NBC News, 8 Jan. 2019
  • The pair have since developed a drug that fights against neuroblastoma and other cancers and goes into clinical trial this spring.
    — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 21 Sep. 2019
  • Alex has been fighting Stage 4 high-risk neuroblastoma since being diagnosed at age 4.
    — Jenna West, SI.com, 13 June 2018
  • Jaxen, who has autism and is nonverbal, was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma just a few days before his third birthday.
    — Mallory Hughes, CNN, 6 Aug. 2019
  • Micah is battling neuroblastoma, a cancer generally found in the adrenal glands.
    — Brianna Chambers, ajc, 5 June 2017
  • Shim, 42, was diagnosed with a neuroblastoma cancer, which attached to his spine shortly after he was born.
    — Nathan Percy, Orange County Register, 8 Apr. 2017
  • Alexandra 'Alex' Scott was diagnosed with a neuroblastoma, a form of childhood cancer, at one year old.
    — Dennis Hohenberger, Courant Community, 23 May 2017
  • Ollie Super has moved in and out of cancer treatment since she was diagnosed with neuroblastoma as a toddler in foster care.
    — Andrew Jones, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Jessica was diagnosed with stage four neuroblastoma, a cancer most commonly found in the adrenal glands that occurs in young children, just over a year ago.
    — Sarah Schreiber, Good Housekeeping, 22 Nov. 2016
  • When Ford was 2 years old, he was diagnosed with neuroblastoma and had a tumor the size of a tennis ball in his abdomen, according to his dad.
    — Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • At age 2, Eileidh was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer that forms in nerve tissues.
    — Samantha Brodsky, Good Housekeeping, 27 June 2017
  • Edna was diagnosed with a neuroblastoma tumor on her back as an infant; as such, the idea of having fun in a wheelchair also felt somewhat distant at first.
    — De Elizabeth, Teen Vogue, 27 Sep. 2018
  • Ronan died at 3 in 2011 after a battle with stage 4 neuroblastoma.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 9 June 2026
  • The little girl, above with a pink cowboy hat on, reportedly has stage IV neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer.
    — Meredith Bodgas, Woman's Day, 17 Sep. 2014
  • Payne met the 8-year-old, who was battling neuroblastoma, on a team visit to a local hospital several years earlier and struck up a friendship.
    — Mark Osborne, ABC News, 9 May 2022

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