title: Renal primitive neuroectodermal tumor: does age at diagnosis impact outcomes?
abstract: Primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) of the kidney is a rare and highly malignant neoplasm. The median age for renal PNET is 27 years but it can be seen also in a wide age range between 3 and 78 years. We performed a Medline search for the term renal PNET and identified 79 cases up till December of 2010. We report here a new case of renal PNET and a literature review for published data for evaluation of clinicopathological prognostic factors, with an emphasis on prognosis in two groups of adults and children-adolescents: 18 years of age or under and over 18 years.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences.
authors.forename: Mahdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aghili
authors.forename: Elham
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rafiei
authors.forename: Mohamad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mojahed
authors.forename: Mahkameh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zare