 Wilms Tumor
"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.
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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
- Nephroblastoma
- Nephroblastomas
- Wilms Tumor 1
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| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Wilms Tumor" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Wong EC, Lupo PJ, Desrosiers TA, Nichols HB, Smith SM, Poole C, Canfield M, Shumate C, Chambers TM, Schraw JM, Nembhard WN, Yazdy MM, Nestoridi E, Janitz AE, Olshan AF. Associations between birth defects with neural crest cell origins and pediatric embryonal tumors. Cancer. 2023 11 15; 129(22):3595-3602.
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Nakayama DK, Bonasso PC. The History of Multimodal Treatment of Wilms' Tumor. Am Surg. 2016 Jun; 82(6):487-92.
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Mahmoud F, Allen MB, Cox R, Davis R. Wilms Tumor: An Uncommon Entity in the Adult Patient. Perm J. 2016; 20(2):e119-21.
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Arnold MA, Schoenfield L, Limketkai BN, Arnold CA. Diagnostic pitfalls of differentiating desmoplastic small round cell tumor (DSRCT) from Wilms tumor (WT): overlapping morphologic and immunohistochemical features. Am J Surg Pathol. 2014 Sep; 38(9):1220-6.
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