TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Nephroblastoma (Wilms Tumor) A1 - Davidoff, Andrew M. A2 - Ziegler, Moritz M. A2 - Azizkhan, Richard G. A2 - Allmen, Daniel von A2 - Weber, Thomas R. Y1 - 2014 N1 - T2 - Operative Pediatric Surgery, 2e AB - Wilms tumor is the second most common abdominal tumor in children and accounts for 95% of the renal tumors in children.The overall survival for all patients with Wilms tumor is >90%.For unilateral tumors, upfront resection with lymph node biopsy is the current recommendation from the Children's Oncology Group.Children with bilateral renal masses require no biopsy; they are begun on 3-drug chemotherapy for 6 to 12 weeks prior to local control with nephron-sparing surgery.Patients are treated on risk-based protocols with molecular risk factors being integrated into the assessment that includes stage and histology. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/11/14 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1100439182 ER -