TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 447. Neonatal Oncology A1 - Weitzman, Sheila A1 - Finkelstein, Yaron A1 - Arceci, Robert J. A2 - Rudolph, Colin D. A2 - Rudolph, Abraham M. A2 - Lister, George E. A2 - First, Lewis R. A2 - Gershon, Anne A. PY - 2011 T2 - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e AB - Tumors are a rare but important cause of mortality and morbidity in the newborn. The types of tumors that occur at this age are substantially different from those that occur in older children. Neonatal tumors include a wide spectrum of benign and malignant tumors, some of which have unique biologic characteristics and clinical presentations. Tumor behavior is not always predictable and apparently benign tumors may have a malignant potential, whereas others, malignant by histologic criteria, behave in a benign fashion in the neonate.1 SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7041935 ER -