Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Practice Point
  • Published:

Is initial or delayed nephrectomy the optimal treatment for nonmetastatic Wilms' tumor?

Nature Clinical Practice Urology volume 4, pages 244–245 (2007)Cite this article

boxed-textMitchell C et al. (2006) Immediate nephrectomy versus preoperative chemotherapy in the management of non-metastatic Wilms' tumour: results of a randomised trial (UKW3) by the UK Children's Cancer Study Group. Eur J Cancer 42: 2554–2562

Background

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

References

  1. Tournade MF et al. (1993) Results of the Sixth International Society of Pediatric Oncology Wilms' Tumor Trial and Study: a risk-adapted therapeutic approach in Wilms' tumor. J Clin Oncol 11: 1014–1023

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. D'Angio GJ et al. (1989) Treatment of Wilms' tumor. Results of the third national Wilms' tumor study. Cancer 64: 349–360

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Reinhard H et al. (2004) Results of the SIOP 93-01/GPOH trial and study for the treatment of patients with unilateral nonmetastatic Wilms' tumor. Klin Padiatr 216: 132–140

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Levie NS et al. (2000) SIOP treatment guidelines for renal tumours in small infants: fact or fantasy? Eur J Surg Oncol 26: 567–570

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Green DM et al. (2001) Treatment with nephrectomy only for small, stage I/favorable histology Wilms' tumor: a report from the National Wilms' Tumor Study Group. J Clin Oncol 19: 3719–3724

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

The synopsis was written by Petra Roberts, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

Author information

Author notes

  1. Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA laquaglm@mskcc.org

Authors and Affiliations

  1. MP La Quaglia is Chief of Pediatric Surgery at the Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center and Professor of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical School, New York, NY, USA.,

    Michael P La Quaglia

Authors
  1. Michael P La Quaglia
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Ethics declarations

Competing interests

The author declares no competing financial interests.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

La Quaglia, M. Is initial or delayed nephrectomy the optimal treatment for nonmetastatic Wilms' tumor?. Nat Rev Urol 4, 244–245 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro0752

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro0752

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing