"Wilms Tumor" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A malignant kidney tumor, caused by the uncontrolled multiplication of renal stem (blastemal), stromal (STROMAL CELLS), and epithelial (EPITHELIAL CELLS) elements. However, not all three are present in every case. Several genes or chromosomal areas have been associated with Wilms tumor which is usually found in childhood as a firm lump in a child's side or ABDOMEN.
| Descriptor ID |
D009396
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.435.595 C04.588.945.947.535.585 C04.700.635 C12.758.820.750.585 C12.777.419.473.585 C13.351.937.820.535.585 C13.351.968.419.473.585 C16.320.700.642
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| Concept/Terms |
Wilms Tumor- Wilms Tumor
- Tumor, Wilms
- Wilms' Tumor
- Tumor, Wilms'
- Wilm Tumor
- Wilm's Tumor
- Wilms Tumor 1
- Nephroblastoma
- Nephroblastomas
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Wilms Tumor" by people in Profiles.
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Fine-needle aspiration of metanephric adenoma of the kidney with clinical, radiographic and histopathologic correlation: a review. Diagn Cytopathol. 2013 Aug; 41(8):742-51.
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Editorial comment. J Urol. 2011 Apr; 185(4):1418.
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Editorial comment. J Urol. 2009 Oct; 182(4 Suppl):1874-5.
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Allele loss at 16q defines poorer prognosis Wilms tumour irrespective of treatment approach in the UKW1-3 clinical trials: a Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG) Study. Eur J Cancer. 2009 Mar; 45(5):819-26.
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Renal neoplasms in adult survivors of childhood Wilms tumor. J Urol. 2001 Jun; 165(6 Pt 1):2013-6; discussion 2016-7.
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Surgical considerations for patients with Wilms' tumor. Semin Urol Oncol. 1999 Feb; 17(1):33-9.
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Wilms' tumor. Introduction. Semin Urol Oncol. 1999 Feb; 17(1):1.
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Management of bilateral Wilms' tumors in the daughter of Jehovah's Witnesses. J Pediatr Surg. 1997 Dec; 32(12):1759-60.
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Influence of nephrectomy on the growth of a murine Wilms tumor: a study using parabiotic rats. J Urol. 1990 Aug; 144(2 Pt 2):418-21; discussion 422.