Characteristics and outcome of children with renal tumors in the Netherlands: The first five-year's experience of national centralization

Around 6% of all childhood malignancies represent renal tumors, of which a majority includes Wilms tumor (WT). Although survival rates have improved over the last decades, specific patients are still at risk for adverse outcome. In the Netherlands, since 2015, pediatric oncology care for renal tumor...

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Veröffentlicht in:PloS one 2022-01, Vol.17 (1), p.e0261729-e0261729
Hauptverfasser: Roy, Prakriti, van Peer, Sophie E, de Witte, Martin M, Tytgat, Godelieve A M, Karim-Kos, Henrike E, van Grotel, Martine, van de Ven, Cees P, Mavinkurve-Groothuis, Annelies M C, Merks, Johannes H M, Kuiper, Roland P, Hol, Janna A, Janssens, Geert O R, de Krijger, Ronald R, Jongmans, Marjolijn C J, Drost, Jarno, van der Steeg, Alida F W, Littooij, Annemieke S, Wijnen, Marc H W A, van Tinteren, Harm, van den Heuvel-Eibrink, Marry M
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Zusammenfassung:Around 6% of all childhood malignancies represent renal tumors, of which a majority includes Wilms tumor (WT). Although survival rates have improved over the last decades, specific patients are still at risk for adverse outcome. In the Netherlands, since 2015, pediatric oncology care for renal tumors has been centralized in the Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology. Here, we describe experiences of the first 5 years of centralized care and explore whether this influences the epidemiological landscape by comparing data with the Netherlands Cancer Registry (NCR). We identified all patients
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0261729