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A higher tumor volume and undernutrition at diagnosis adversely affect the survival of children with Wilms tumor: A study of 200 patients.

Emine A RahimanAmita TrehanRicha JainPrema MenonNandita KakkarRadhika SrinivasanKushaljit Singh SodhiAkshay Kumar SaxenaRakesh KapoorDeepak Bansal
Published in: Pediatric blood & cancer (2022)
The 3-year OS and EFS of children who completed therapy were 78.3 and 72%, respectively. A higher tumor volume and lower weight-for-age z-score at diagnosis were identified as distinct adverse prognostic factors. A likely suboptimal lymph node assessment (intraoperative and histopathology) contributed to the understaging of stage III to II disease and reduced survival.
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