The impact of the route to diagnosis in nephroblastoma.

Marvin Mergen Nils Welter Rhoikos Furtwaengler Patrick Melchior Christian Vokuhl Manfred Gessler Clemens Magnus Meier Leo Kager Jens-Peter Schenk Norbert Graf

Published in: Cancer medicine (2024)

The route to diagnosis of WT correlates with age, general health status, tumor volume, and stage distribution, but does not impact the outcome of patients. Nonetheless, diagnosis without tumor related symptoms results in lower treatment burden and thus improved quality of life.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
risk factors
depressive symptoms
patient reported