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References: Wilms tumor detailed guide

American Cancer Society. Cancer Facts & Figures 2012. Atlanta, Ga: American Cancer Society; 2012.

American Cancer Society. Cancer Facts & Figures 2013. Atlanta, Ga: American Cancer Society; 2013.

Dome JS, Cotton CA, Perlman EJ, et al. Treatment of anaplastic histology Wilms' tumor: Results from the fifth National Wilms' Tumor Study. J Clin Oncol. 2006;24:2352–2358.

Dome JS, Rodriguez-Galindo C, Spunt SL, Santana V. Pediatric solid tumors: Wilms' tumor. In: Abeloff MD, Armitage JO, Niederhuber JE. Kastan MB, McKenna WG, eds. Abeloff's Clinical Oncology. 4th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier; 2008:2096–2101.

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National Cancer Institute Physician Data Query (PDQ). Wilms Tumor and Other Childhood Kidney Tumors Treatment. 2012. Accessed at www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/wilms/healthprofessional on March 28, 2012.

Rivera MN, Kim WJ, Wells J, et al. An X chromosome gene, WTX, is commonly inactivated in Wilms tumor. Science. 2007;315:642–645.

Shamberger RC, Anderson JR, Breslow NE, et al. Long-term outcomes with very low risk Wilms tumor treated with surgery alone in National Wilms Tumor Study-5. Ann Surg. 2010;251:555–558.

Wang LL, Yustein J, Louis C, et al. Solid tumors of childhood: Wilms' tumor. In: DeVita VT, Lawrence TS, Rosenberg SA, eds. DeVita, Hellman, and Rosenberg's Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2011:1766–1769.


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