nephroblastoma
Sign in to saveAlso known as Wilms tumor, adult nephroblastoma, adult renal Wilms' tumor, childhood renal Wilms' cancer, renal Wilms tumor, Wilms' tumor, childhood renal Wilms tumor, Wilms’ tumour
rare disease
Key facts
- Other names
- Wilms' tumor, Nephroblastoma
- Pronunciation
- / v ɪ l m z /
- Specialty
- Oncology , urology , nephrology
- Usual onset
- 1–4 years old
- Treatment
- Nephrectomy, Radiotherapy
- Prognosis
- ~90% of children are cured
- Frequency
- ~500 new diagnoses per year (United States)
- Named after
- Max Wilms
via Wikipedia infobox
Research
15,891 papers- Nephroblastoma.The Medical journal of Australia · 1977
- [Nephroblastoma].Ryoikibetsu shokogun shirizu · 1997
- Nephroblastoma.Investigative & cell pathology · 1979
- Wilms' tumor (nephroblastoma).Current opinion in urology · 2001
- Wilms' tumor (nephroblastoma).Contributions to nephrology · 1999
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Wilms tumor.jpg
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- Commons category
- Wilms' tumor
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C6180
- exact match
- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0002667
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Article
Wilms' tumor or Wilms tumor, also known as nephroblastoma, is a cancer of the kidneys that typically occurs in children (rarely in adults), and occurs most commonly as a renal tumor in child patients. It is named after Max Wilms, the German surgeon (1867–1918) who first described it.
Approximately 650 cases are diagnosed in the U.S. annually. The majority of cases occur in children with no associated genetic syndromes; however, a minority of children with Wilms' tumor have a congenital abnormality. It is highly responsive to treatment, with about 90 percent of children being cured.