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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:
Overview
Some measures might help in secondary prevention.Testing should be done in patients suffering from certain syndromes which are associated with wilms tumor to detect them early. If a patient is suffering from Denys-Drash syndrome then prophylactic bilateral nephrectomy may be considered.
Secondary Prevention
- Some measures that might help are:-
- Testing should be done in patients suffering from certain syndromes which are associated with wilms tumor to detect them early.[1][2]
- Genetic counselling may be of some help to parents with a family history of wilms tumor.[3]
- If a patient is suffering from Denys-Drash syndrome then prophylactic bilateral nephrectomy may be considered.[4]
References
- ↑ Green DM, Breslow NE, Beckwith JB, Norkool P (1993). "Screening of children with hemihypertrophy, aniridia, and Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome in patients with Wilms tumor: a report from the National Wilms Tumor Study". Med. Pediatr. Oncol. 21 (3): 188–92. PMID 8095320.
- ↑ McNeil DE, Brown M, Ching A, DeBaun MR (October 2001). "Screening for Wilms tumor and hepatoblastoma in children with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndromes: a cost-effective model". Med. Pediatr. Oncol. 37 (4): 349–56. PMID 11568898.
- ↑ Pakakasama S, Tomlinson GE (December 2002). "Genetic predisposition and screening in pediatric cancer". Pediatr. Clin. North Am. 49 (6): 1393–413. PMID 12580371.
- ↑ Breslow NE, Collins AJ, Ritchey ML, Grigoriev YA, Peterson SM, Green DM (November 2005). "End stage renal disease in patients with Wilms tumor: results from the National Wilms Tumor Study Group and the United States Renal Data System". J. Urol. 174 (5): 1972–5. doi:10.1097/01.ju.0000176800.00994.3a. PMC 1483840. PMID 16217371.