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An extremely rare type of malignant cancer, esthesioneuroblastoma occurs in the nasal cavity. Esthesioneuroblastoma, researchers believe, arises specifically in the olfactory epithelium. Treatment usually involves a combination of surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy.
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Fast Facts:
- Founders: Berger and Luc
- Founded: 1924
- 5% of all nasal malignant tumors
- Occurrence: 1 in 1 million per year
- 200 cases in past two decades
- Affects all sexes, ages, and races equally
- Controversial case: Chantal Sebire
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Esthesioneuroblastoma News
- Google News: Esthesioneuroblastoma
- ABC News: Woman With Disfiguring Cancer Begs to Die (March 18, 2008)
- FOXNews.com: France Says No to Disfigured Woman's Euthanasia Plea (March 18, 2008)
- BBC News: France rejects right-to-die plea (March 17, 2008)
- "She suffers from an extremely rare form of cancer in the nasal cavity known as an esthesioneuroblastoma. Only 200 cases of the disease have been recorded worldwide in the past two decades."
- TIME: Making a Case for Euthanasia (March 15, 2008)
Esthesioneuroblastoma Research
- Journal of Clinical Oncology: Treatment of Intracranial Metastatic Esthesioneuroblastoma (January 2002)
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