Mitchell, J. D., Baxter, Thelma J., Blair-West, J. R., and McCredie, D. A. (1970). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 45, 376. Renin levels in nephroblastoma (Wilms' tumour). Report of a renin secreting tumour. The case history is reported of a child aged 1 year 10 months with malignant hypertension in association with Wilms' tumour. In addition there was a marked electrolyte disturbance, with h...

The case of a child with nephroblastoma, bilateral radial aplasia, and a de novo (1;7) translocation is reported. The association between abnormal karyotypes, dysmorphic syndromes, and childhood malignancy is well known.' We report the presence of a nephroblastoma in a boy with bilateral radial aplasia and a balanced de novo (1;7) translocation. Case report The patient was the first child of he...

Nephroblastoma is one of the most frequent solid tumors in childhood. It also a classical example success oncology achieved by consequent and randomized studies run since mid-XX until now. As systemic treatment constantly very effective has not changed markedly last 30 years, development precise imaging surgical technique allowed for introduction several new operative methods offering intriguin...

BACKGROUND Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is one of the common malignant tumors in infants and children, but it is extremely rare in the kidney. In this paper, we present a case of RMS the kidney of a child. CASE PRESENTATION A 6-month old girl presented with agitation, low fever and abdominal distention which started 5 days ago. On physical examination, the infant had a large and firm soft tissue ma...

BACKGROUND Nephroblastoma or Wilms tumor is the most frequent kidney cancer in children and accounts for 98% of kidney tumors in this age group. Despite favorable prognosis, a subgroup of these patients progresses to recurrence and death. The retinoic acid (RA) pathway plays a role in the chemoprevention and treatment of tumors due to its effects on cell differentiation and its antiproliferativ...

INTRODUCTION Wilms tumor (WT) or nephroblastoma is the commonest childhood cancer in Rwanda. Nephroblastoma is regarded as one of the successes of pediatric oncology with long-term survival approaching 90%. The Objectives to evaluate the feasibility of treating childhood cancer using the nephroblastoma example and to calculate its cost of treatment in Rwanda. METHODS Prospective study over a ...