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Wilms Tumor and Other Childhood Kidney Tumors Treatment (PDQ®)
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Purpose of This PDQ Summary






General Information






Cellular Classification






Stage Information






Treatment Option Overview






Standard Treatment Options for Wilms Tumor






Treatment Options Under Clinical Evaluation for Wilms Tumor






Clear Cell Sarcoma of the Kidney






Rhabdoid Tumor of the Kidney






Neuroepithelial Tumor of the Kidney






Mesoblastic Nephroma






Renal Cell Carcinoma






Recurrent Wilms Tumor and Other Childhood Kidney Tumors






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Changes to This Summary (08/07/2009)

The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.

General Information

Added Alagille syndrome as an example of nonovergrowth syndrome associated with Wilms tumor (cited Bourdeat et al. as reference 15 and level of evidence 3iii).

Added text about germline WT1 mutations in children with Wilms tumor (cited Royer-Pokora et al. as reference 26 and level of evidence 3iiiDiii).

Added Ahmed et al. (Part I) and Ahmed et al. (Part II) as references 45 and 46, respectively.

Cellular Classification

Added Hakimi et al. as reference 30 and level of evidence 3iiA.

Standard Treatment Options for Wilms Tumor

Added Davidoff et al. as reference 16.

Rhabdoid Tumor of the Kidney

Added Ahmed et al. as reference 2.

Recurrent Wilms Tumor and Other Childhood Kidney Tumors

Added Spreafico et al. as reference 11.

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