 Wilms Tumor
"Wilms Tumor" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A malignant kidney tumor, caused by the uncontrolled multiplication of renal stem (blastemal), stromal (STROMAL CELLS), and epithelial (EPITHELIAL CELLS) elements. However, not all three are present in every case. Several genes or chromosomal areas have been associated with Wilms tumor which is usually found in childhood as a firm lump in a child's side or ABDOMEN.
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D009396
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.435.595 C04.588.945.947.535.585 C04.700.635 C12.758.820.750.585 C12.777.419.473.585 C13.351.937.820.535.585 C13.351.968.419.473.585 C16.320.700.642
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| Concept/Terms |
Wilms Tumor- Wilms Tumor
- Tumor, Wilms
- Wilms' Tumor
- Tumor, Wilms'
- Wilm Tumor
- Wilm's Tumor
- Wilms Tumor 1
- Nephroblastoma
- Nephroblastomas
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| 1989 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1992 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1993 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 2012 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2014 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2017 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2018 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Wilms Tumor" by people in Profiles.
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Aldrink JH, Cost NG, McLeod DJ, Bates DG, Stanek JR, Smith EA, Ehrlich PF. Technical Considerations for Nephron-Sparing Surgery in Children: What Is Needed to Preserve Renal Units? J Surg Res. 2018 12; 232:614-620.
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Islam M, Saltzman AF, Amini A, Carrasco A, Cost NG. Factors Influencing Overall Survival of Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With High-risk Renal Tumors. Urology. 2018 Oct; 120:222-230.
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Stokes CL, Stokes WA, Kalapurakal JA, Paulino AC, Cost NG, Cost CR, Garrington TP, Greffe BS, Roach JP, Bruny JL, Liu AK. Timing of Radiation Therapy in Pediatric Wilms Tumor: A Report From the National Cancer Database. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2018 06 01; 101(2):453-461.
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Caldwell BT, Wilcox DT, Cost NG. Current Management for Pediatric Urologic Oncology. Adv Pediatr. 2017 08; 64(1):191-223.
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Kalish JM, Doros L, Helman LJ, Hennekam RC, Kuiper RP, Maas SM, Maher ER, Nichols KE, Plon SE, Porter CC, Rednam S, Schultz KAP, States LJ, Tomlinson GE, Zelley K, Druley TE. Surveillance Recommendations for Children with Overgrowth Syndromes and Predisposition to Wilms Tumors and Hepatoblastoma. Clin Cancer Res. 2017 07 01; 23(13):e115-e122.
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Pribnow AK, Ortiz R, Báez LF, Mendieta L, Luna-Fineman S. Effects of malnutrition on treatment-related morbidity and survival of children with cancer in Nicaragua. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2017 Nov; 64(11).
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Weatherall AD, Bennett TR, Lovell M, Fung W, de Lima J. Staged intraperitoneal brachytherapy and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in an adolescent: novel anesthetic challenges for pediatric anesthetists. Paediatr Anaesth. 2017 Apr; 27(4):338-345.
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Hata JL, Correa H, Krishnan C, Esbenshade AJ, Black JO, Chung DH, Mobley BC. Diagnostic utility of PHOX2B in primary and treated neuroblastoma and in neuroblastoma metastatic to the bone marrow. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2015 Apr; 139(4):543-6.
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Cost NG, Liss ZJ, Bean CM, Geller JI, Minevich EA, Noh PH. Prechemotherapy robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical nephrectomy for an adolescent with Wilms tumor. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2015 Mar; 37(2):e125-7.
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Stewart CL, Bruny JL. Maximizing lymph node retrieval during surgical resection of Wilms tumor. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2015 Feb; 25(1):109-12.
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