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The outcome of Wilms' tumor in infants. Italy 1970-79.

F. Fossati-bellaniF. MassoloPaolo TamaroModesto CarliAntonietta MarchiAdriana CeciA. Brach Del PreverGuido PastoreCarlo GuazzelliL Cordero Di MontezemoloC. PiancaG. BartolozziEnrico MadonM. Lo CurtoGuido PaolucciManuel A. CastelloP.g. MoriM. Rosati

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MaleCancer Researchmedicine.medical_specialtymedicine.medical_treatmentGroup iiPostoperative radiotherapyWilms TumormedicinePediatric oncologyHumansRetrospective StudiesChemotherapybusiness.industryInfant NewbornInfantWilms' tumorRetrospective cohort studyGeneral Medicinemedicine.diseaseInfant newbornKidney NeoplasmsSurgeryRadiation therapyOncologyItalyFemalebusiness

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Thirty-four infants under 1 year of age with Wilms’ tumor were diagnosed and treated in 14 Italian pediatric oncology units during 1970-79. The 3-year survival rates decreased with higher group unilateral tumors: 95% in group I Wilms’ tumor, 75% in group II and 20% in group III. The survival rates for children with group I and II Wilms’ tumor were similar for those who were treated with surgery and chemotherapy and those who also received postoperative radiotherapy. During 1975-79 fewer patients with group I Wilms’ tumor received radiotherapy (1 of 11) than during 1970-74 (4 of 6, p < 0.05). All these children are alive at this writing.

http://hdl.handle.net/2318/30139