Wilms tumor in Sub-Saharan Africa: molecular and social determinants of a global pediatric health disparity

A Apple, HN Lovvorn III - Frontiers in Oncology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Wilms tumor (WT) is the most common renal malignancy of childhood. Global disparities in
WT have been reported with the highest incidence and lowest overall survival occurring in …

Neoplasms of the kidney

GT MacLennan, L Cheng - Essentials of Anatomic Pathology, 2016 - Springer
The category of globally accepted neoplasms of the kidney continues to expand.
Recognition of new entities is very important for care of patients and their families. For …

Prognostic value of p53 protein expression for patients with gastric cancer–a multivariate analysis

Y Maehara, M Tomoda, S Hasuda, A Kabashima… - British journal of …, 1999 - nature.com
Mutations in the p53 gene, one of the most common genetic alterations in human cancer,
are implicated in tumorigenesis and tumour progression. Although p53 protein expression …

B7-h1 as a biomarker for therapy failure in patients with favorable histology Wilms tumor

JC Routh, PE Grundy, JR Anderson, AB Retik… - The Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: A minority of children with Wilms tumor will experience tumor recurrence. In a
previous pilot study we found an association between expression of an immune …

Wilms' tumour: Determinants of prognosis in an African setting

AT Atanda, LJC Anyanwu, OJ Atanda… - African Journal of …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Background: The few studies available in the literature on Wilms' tumour (WT) from sub-
Saharan Africa have reported a dismal outcome for children with the tumour. This study …

Immunohistochemical detection of p53 protein expression as a prognostic indicator in Wilms tumor

ST Sredni, B de Camargo, LF Lopes… - … : The Official Journal …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Background Mutations of the tumor suppressor gene p53 are commonly found in several
kinds of human cancer. In some types of neoplasms, accumulation of p53 protein has been …

Clinical and biologic significance of nuclear unrest in Wilms tumor

DA Hill, TD Shear, T Liu, CA Billups… - … Journal of the …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Nuclear unrest is a term applied to Wilms tumors (WT) with favorable
histology that show nuclear enlargement similar to that seen in anaplasia but with no …

Molecular characterization of Wilms' tumor from a resource‐constrained region of sub‐Saharan Africa

AJ Murphy, JR Axt, C de Caestecker… - … Journal of Cancer, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Sub‐Saharan African children have an increased incidence of Wilms' tumor (WT)
and experience alarmingly poor outcomes. Although these outcomes are largely due to …

p53 Immunohistochemistry expression in Wilms tumor: a prognostic tool in the detection of tumor aggressiveness

J Franken, E Lerut, H Van Poppel, G Bogaert - The Journal of urology, 2013 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: We studied whether immunohistochemical expression of p53 in Wilms tumors
correlates with tumor aggressiveness. We also examined whether preoperative …

p53 expression in Wilms' tumor: a possible role as prognostic factor.

AJ Beniers, T Efferth, L Füzesi… - International …, 2001 - spandidos-publications.com
Although a correlation between anaplasia and mutations of the p53 tumor suppressor gene
has been found in Wilms' tumor (WT) a prognostic significance of p53 in WT remains largely …