Wilms tumours in children
Published: Jul 2022
Next review: Jul 2025
This factsheet is for parents, carers and families. It gives an overview of Wilms tumours in children, including symptoms, diagnosis and treatment to help you understand more about the type of cancer your child has. Information in this guide should be used to support professional advice specific to your child's diagnosis.
Written to accompany our comprehensive guides 'Children and young people with cancer: a parent's guide' and 'A parent's guide to kidney tumours'.
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How this resource was made
With thanks to Dr Tanzina Chowdhury (Consultant Paediatric Oncologist, GOSH London), Dr Sucheta Vaidya (Consultant Paediatric Oncologist, The Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey and Chair of the CCLG Renal Tumour Special Interest Group), Prof Kathy Pritchard-Jones, (Professor of Paediatric Oncology, GOSH and UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health) and Mrs Reem Al-Saadi (Translational Research Manager at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London) who reviewed this factsheet on behalf of the CCLG Information Advisory Group, comprising multi-professional experts in the field of children’s cancer.
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