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RESIDENT’S CORNER

A rare case of adult Wilms’ tumor

Tin C. Ngo¹, Curtis J. Clark¹, Gary Zhao², Jeffrey H. Reese³

1 Department of Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
2 Division of Oncology, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, California, USA
3 Division of Urology, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, California, USA
Address correspondence to Dr. Tin C. Ngo, Department of Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, S-287, Stanford, CA 94305 USA

Canadian Journal of Urology 2011, 18(1), 5568-5569.

Abstract

Although Wilms’ tumor is the most common primary renal malignancy in children, it is exceedingly rare in adults and has an estimated incidence of less than 0.2 cases per million. Little is known about the biology of this tumor in adults and clinicians have had to rely on pediatric treatment protocols. Overall, prognosis is worse in adults, though like in children, unfavorable histology and higher stage at presentation confer a worse prognosis.

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