While kidney cancer is rare in children, Wilms tumor is the most common type found in kids, with between 500 and 600 children diagnosed annually in the U.S. The disease most often affects kids ages 3 ...

Wilms tumor (also known as nephroblastoma), a type of kidney cancer most commonly diagnosed in children under five years old, presents with abdominal pain and swelling, sometimes accompanied by fever, ...

Andrew Davidoff, MD, St. Jude Department of Surgery, demonstrated that chemotherapy resistance in bilateral Wilms tumor implies a stromal-predominant histology with good outcomes if kidney-saving ...

Xiang Chen, PhD, Department of Computational Biology and Andrew Murphy, MD, Department of Surgery are co-corresponding authors of a study that sheds light on predisposition to bilateral Wilms tumor.

Researchers have uncovered that some childhood cancers have a substantially higher number of DNA changes than previously thought, changing the way we view children's tumors and possibly opening up new ...

Children with bilateral Wilms tumor have a tumor in each of their kidneys - a condition that strongly suggests an underlying genetic or epigenetic predisposition driving the disease. Scientists at St.

Treatment of Nonmetastatic Cranial Parameningeal Rhabdomyosarcoma in Children Younger Than 3 Years Old: Results From International Society of Pediatric Oncology Studies MMT 89 and 95 Through 2002, ...

Results of a Phase II Study of High-Dose Thoracic Radiation Therapy With Concurrent Cisplatin and Etoposide in Limited-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NCCTG 95-20-53) Patients with favorable histology ...

A biobank for pediatric kidney tumors plays a key role in identifying hereditary causes of Wilms tumors. New insights gained with its help enable better risk assessment for affected families and could ...