Little is known about causes of Wilms tumor. Because of the young age at diagnosis, several
studies have looked at various birth characteristics. We conducted a registry‐based case …

Wiedemann‐Beckwith syndrome (WBS) may be associated with abdominal tumors,
including Wilms tumor, adrenocortical carcinoma, hepatoblastoma, gonadoblastoma …

Wilms tumor can be explained only partially by the “two hit” model that was originally
developed for retinoblastoma. Heterogeneity of two kinds, operates. The first is that four …

Wilms' tumor has served as a model of multiple genetic alterations in childhood cancer. This
review summarizes work in our laboratory identifying several of these alterations. These …

Wilms tumor of the kidney occurs with increased frequency in association with two clinically
and cytogenetically distinct congenital syndromes, the Wiedemann-Beckwith syndrome …

The diagnosis of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome may be missed because of variable or
incomplete clinical expression. Recognition of such patients is important, however, because …

Abstract The Beckwith‐Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is an overgrowth malformation
syndrome that occurs with an incidence of 1: 13,700 births. There is a striking incidence of …

Background Treatment cures over 90% of children with Wilms tumor (WT) who subsequently
risk late morbidity and mortality. This study describes the 25‐year outcomes of 5‐year WT …

Background Patients with Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) or isolated
hemihypertrophy (HH) treated for a Wilms tumor (WT) carry an increased risk of developing …

Wilms tumor is responsible for 5% of pediatric malignant tumors or approximately 500 new
cases each year in the United States, with equivalent frequency in boys and girls. The …