Surgical tactics in the treatment of malignant renal tumors in childhood

Pediatr Surg Int. 1997 Feb;12(2-3):145-7.

Abstract

The authors report the treatment results of 89 children with renal tumors (excluding carcinoma) seen from 1988 to 1992, 71 (79.8%) with favorable-histology Wilms' tumor (survival 86%) and 18 (20.2%) with unfavorable histology, including anaplastic nephroblastoma, clear-cell sarcoma, and rhabdoid tumor (survival 61%). Preoperative chemotherapy (ChT) was given to 46 patients (survival 84%); none was given to 43 with either tumors in the 1st year of life, massive hematuria, or tumor growth during ChT (survival 78%). There were 3 tumor ruptures in the latter group compared to 1 in the former group.

MeSH terms

  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Kidney / pathology
  • Kidney Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Kidney Neoplasms / mortality
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology
  • Kidney Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Nephrectomy*
  • Rhabdoid Tumor / drug therapy
  • Rhabdoid Tumor / mortality
  • Rhabdoid Tumor / pathology
  • Rhabdoid Tumor / surgery*
  • Sarcoma, Clear Cell / drug therapy
  • Sarcoma, Clear Cell / mortality
  • Sarcoma, Clear Cell / pathology
  • Sarcoma, Clear Cell / surgery*
  • Survival Rate
  • Wilms Tumor / drug therapy
  • Wilms Tumor / mortality
  • Wilms Tumor / pathology
  • Wilms Tumor / surgery*