Maintenance chemotherapy to reduce the risk of a metachronous Wilms tumor in children with bilateral nephroblastomatosis

Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2019 Jan;66(1):e27500. doi: 10.1002/pbc.27500. Epub 2018 Oct 18.

Abstract

From 2009 to 2018, 10 consecutive patients with Wilms tumors and bilateral nephroblastomatosis, who had completed standard therapy, were provided a maintenance chemotherapy regimen consisting of vincristine and dactinomycin every 3 months for 12 months in order to prevent an early metachronous Wilms tumor. One patient (10%) with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome developed a new tumor, without anaplasia. There were no significant toxicities reported during maintenance. All patients are currently alive with no evidence of disease. Further investigations are recommended to determine the utility of this approach.

Keywords: Wilms tumor; chemotherapy; nephroblastomatosis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Dactinomycin / administration & dosage
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Kidney Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / prevention & control*
  • Prognosis
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Survival Rate
  • Vincristine / administration & dosage
  • Wilms Tumor / drug therapy*
  • Wilms Tumor / pathology

Substances

  • Dactinomycin
  • Vincristine