1. Wilms tumor: 15 years of experience at a children's hospital in Córdoba, Argentina.
- Author
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Seminara C, Planells MC, Pogonza RE, and Morales M
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- Adolescent, Argentina epidemiology, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Hospitals, Pediatric, Humans, Infant, Male, Retrospective Studies, Time Factors, Kidney Neoplasms diagnosis, Kidney Neoplasms epidemiology, Kidney Neoplasms therapy, Wilms Tumor diagnosis, Wilms Tumor epidemiology, Wilms Tumor therapy
- Abstract
The objective of this study was to describe the epidemiology, clinical presentation, treatment and nephrology follow-up of children with Wilms tumor. Data from 46 patients were collected. The clinical presentation occurred at a young age (< 40 months old), with initial symptoms of pain, abdominal mass, and fever. The prevalent histology type was mixed nephroblastoma. All patients received pre-surgery chemotherapy followed by, in most cases, unilateral nephrectomy. Patients with a high histological risk had a 7.2 relative risk of death (75 % confidence interval: 1.5-33.7) compared to the rest, and a 2.5 relative risk of recurrence (75 % confidence interval: 1.0-6.4). Disease-free survival at 5 years was 70 %. Once cancer treatment was completed, 80 % of patients maintained a stage-I kidney function. The most important prognostic factor was histology. These patients required a long-term nephrology follow-up., Competing Interests: The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work., (Sociedad Argentina de Pediatría.)
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- 2019
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