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Clinical phenomena where tumour growth arrests or involutes • Congenital Haemangioma * • Congenital Cardiac Rhabdomyoma of Tuberous Sclerosis by 1-2 years • Arrest of TAM in Downs by 6/12 - 1 year • Neuroblastoma 4s involution by 6/12 – 1 yr • Infantile fibrosarcoma, by 1 yr • Arrested progression of infantile multi-system Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis by 3-5 yrs • Arrested development / progression retinoblastoma by 5-6 yrs • Arrested tumour growth pilocytic astrocytoma *