Patient Characteristics and Results of Wilms Tumour Treatment - A Prospective Cohort Study from Pakistan
| Autor: | Farrah Bashir et al., Tariq Ghafoo, Shakeel Ahmed, Tanveer Tanveer |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | Pakistan Journal of Medicine and Dentistry, Vol 10, Iss 4 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2313-7371 2308-2593 |
| DOI: | 10.36283/PJMD10-4/002 |
| Popis: | Background: Wilms tumour, also called nephroblastoma, is the most common renal malignancy in children, presenting, mostly as an abdominal mass. Chemotherapy and surgery are the mainstays of treatment depending upon the histopathology, risk group and stage of treatment. The aim of the study was to determine the treatment outcome of Wilms tumour in a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan. Methods: A Prospective cohort study was carried out at the Department of Pediatric Oncology, CMH-Rawalpindi, Pakistan. A cohort of patients with Wilms tumour, less than 16 years was followed prospectively from January 2012-2019. Statistical data were analysed by Chi-squared test and p-value |
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