Adult Wilms' tumor: management considerations.
Adult Wilms' tumor are rare tumors. Recommended treatment guidelines are similar to those followed for Wilms' tumor of childhood. Presented herein is a case of an adult Wilms' tumor stage II favorable histology which failed to respond to the first line combination chemotherapy schedule of cyclophosphomide, vincristine, and actinomycin D. In view of similar such reports in the literature a more aggressive chemotherapy schedule of cisplatin and etoposide based combination may be recommended as the first line of treatment for early stage adult Wilms' tumor.
Kaur
Navneet
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Department of surgery and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, University College of Medical Sciences, 407, Gagan Vihar, Delhi 110051-110095, India. dr_navkaur@hotmail.com
Gupta
Ashish
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Attam
Amit
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Shrivastava
U K
UK
Wadhwa
Neelam
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D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011859:Radiography; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*