Neuroblastomas diagnosed in children over the age of 1 year have which of the following characteristics?
A) They hypersecrete catecholamines.
B) They readily metastasize to the lungs, brain, and liver.
C) They cause 15% of cancer deaths in children.
D) The genetic aberration most consistently associated with poor outcome is amplification of the N-myc proto-oncogene.
E) a, b, c only are correct.
F) All answers are correct.
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