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Susan Cohn

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BIOGRAPHY

Professor and Director of Clinical Sciences, Acting Chief, Section of Hematology/OncologyDepartment of Pediatrics, Dean for Clinical Research, Biological Sciences Division,The University of Chicago

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Diagram of the autonomic nervous system showing the sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions. The left side illustrates sympathetic nerves branching from the spinal cord to organs and glands, while the right side shows parasympathetic nerves connecting to organs such as the eye, heart, lungs, liver, stomach, intestines, and bladder. Color-coded pathways and labeled ganglia highlight the different nerve routes and target organs in human anatomy.

neuroblastoma

Neuroblastoma, a tumour of the sympathetic nervous system (the branch of the autonomic nervous system that is best known for producing the fight-or-flight response) that affects young children. It is the most-common pediatric solid tumour that occurs outside the brain, with an annual incidence of…