Adult Wilms tumour. A report of two cases and their treatment and prognosis.
Adult Wilms tumour, unlike that seen in childhood, is a rare disease. We are reporting two cases of which one is alive with no evidence of disease at the 52nd month of follow-up and the other had no evidence of disease at the 10th month after which she was lost to follow-up. The literature has been reviewed and the prognosis and treatment alternatives have been surveyed.
Akmansu
M
M
Department of Radiation Oncology, Gazi University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey.
Yapici
T
T
Akin
N
N
Güngör
S
S
Evrenkaya
T
T
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*