The genetic changes of Wilms tumour

TD Treger, T Chowdhury, K Pritchard-Jones… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Wilms tumour is the most common renal malignancy of childhood. The disease is curable in
the majority of cases, albeit at considerable cost in terms of late treatment-related effects in …

[HTML][HTML] Biology and treatment of renal tumours in childhood

J Brok, TD Treger, SL Gooskens… - European Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
In Europe, almost 1000 children are diagnosed with a malignant renal tumour each year.
The vast majority of cases are nephroblastoma, also known as Wilms' tumour (WT). Most …

An organoid biobank for childhood kidney cancers that captures disease and tissue heterogeneity

C Calandrini, F Schutgens, R Oka, T Margaritis… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Kidney tumours are among the most common solid tumours in children, comprising distinct
subtypes differing in many aspects, including cell-of-origin, genetics, and pathology. Pre …

A Children's Oncology Group and TARGET initiative exploring the genetic landscape of Wilms tumor

S Gadd, V Huff, AL Walz, AHAG Ooms, AE Armstrong… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
We performed genome-wide sequencing and analyzed mRNA and miRNA expression, DNA
copy number, and DNA methylation in 117 Wilms tumors, followed by targeted sequencing …

Recurrent DGCR8, DROSHA, and SIX homeodomain mutations in favorable histology Wilms tumors

AL Walz, A Ooms, S Gadd, DS Gerhard, MA Smith… - Cancer cell, 2015 - cell.com
We report the most common single-nucleotide substitution/deletion mutations in favorable
histology Wilms tumors (FHWTs) to occur within SIX1/2 (7% of 534 tumors) and microRNA …

Identification of new Wilms tumour predisposition genes: an exome sequencing study

S Mahamdallie, S Yost, E Poyastro-Pearson… - The Lancet Child & …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Wilms tumour is the most common childhood renal cancer and is genetically
heterogeneous. While several Wilms tumour predisposition genes have been identified …

Children's Oncology Group's 2013 blueprint for research: renal tumors

JS Dome, CV Fernandez, EA Mullen… - Pediatric blood & …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Renal malignancies are among the most prevalent pediatric cancers. The most common is
favorable histology Wilms tumor (FHWT), which has 5‐year overall survival exceeding 90 …

Imaging of Wilms tumor: an update

SE Servaes, FA Hoffer, EA Smith, G Khanna - Pediatric radiology, 2019 - Springer
Wilms tumor is the most common pediatric renal tumor, accounting for approximately 7% of
all childhood cancers. Imaging plays an important role in the detection, staging, post-therapy …

Biallelic DICER1 mutations occur in Wilms tumours

MK Wu, N Sabbaghian, B Xu… - The Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
DICER1 is an endoribonuclease central to the generation of microRNAs (miRNAs) and short
interfering RNAs (siRNAs). Germline mutations in DICER1 have been associated with a …

The yin and yang of kidney development and Wilms' tumors

P Hohenstein, K Pritchard-Jones… - Genes & …, 2015 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Wilms' tumor, or nephroblastoma, is the most common pediatric renal cancer. The tumors
morphologically resemble embryonic kidneys with a disrupted architecture and are …