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Surgical treatment of bilateral synchronous wilms' tumors
Author(s) -
Hanash K. A.,
Sackey K.,
Sabbah R. S.,
Akhtar M.,
Aur R. J. A.,
Ali A. M.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.2930340308
Subject(s) - medicine , wilms' tumor , chemotherapy , surgery , radiation therapy , conservative treatment , wilms tumour , surgical excision , radiology
Definite progress has been made in the treatment of bilateral Wilms' tumors with marked improvement in the prognosis. This is confirmed in our series of 6 consecutive patients with synchronous tumors. The recent trend toward more conservative surgery, double or triple drug chemotherapy, and avoidance of high‐dose radiation therapy has yielded good results.