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. 1985 Feb;75(2):173–175. doi: 10.2105/ajph.75.2.173

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

K Kodama, T Nakata, J Ishii, K Mitani, H Tsunooka, A Masaoka, M Aoyama
PMCID: PMC1645973  PMID: 3966625

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.

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