作者报导了1950年至1977年期间12例17岁以上成人神经母细胞瘤的治疗效果。这些结果表明化疗可以有效地治疗成人神经母细胞瘤,可以获得完全缓解以及延长生存时问。 1973年以前经治的7例患者年龄范围是19岁～75岁,男性6例女性1例。肿瘤部位为大腿,胸壁,脊髓,咽及腹股沟。当做尤文氏肉瘤或未分化癌首选放疗,尸检时才确诊为神经母细胞瘤。其中4例患者存活不到6个月,1例存活11个月,1例存活42个月,1例放疗后三年无复发。1973年以后收治的患者1例误诊为肾细胞癌,术后很快死亡。其余4例予化疗。 The authors reported on the treatment of 12 adult neuroblastoma over the age of 17 from 1950 to 1977. These results suggest that chemotherapy can effectively treat adult neuroblastoma, achieve complete remission, and prolong survival. The seven patients treated before 1973 ranged in age from 19 years to 75 years and in 6 males, 1 case. Tumor site for the thigh, chest wall, spinal cord, pharynx and groin. As Ewing’s sarcoma or undifferentiated cancer preferred radiotherapy, autopsy was diagnosed as neuroblastoma. Four patients survived less than six months, one survived for 11 months, one survived for 42 months, and one patient relapsed after three years of radiotherapy. One patient who was admitted after 1973 misdiagnosed as renal cell carcinoma and died soon after operation. The remaining 4 cases to chemotherapy.