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nephroblastoma

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nephroblastoma [¦nef·rə·bla′stō·mə]
(medicine)


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Activities of the conference included a number of lectures and workshops on Magnetic Resonance, diagnosis of Nephroblastoma and other diseases.
Medics told Angela and Francis Aiva had a Wilms' tumour - or nephroblastomas - which affects just 70 UK youngsters each year.
It accounts for 6% of all childhood malignancies The age of diagnosis is usually between one and three years In 5% of cases it affects both kidneys Another name for these cancers is nephroblastoma In nine out of 10 cases the cause of Wilms's tumour is not known A combination of surgery and chemotherapy often results in a better than 90% chance of a cure.
 
 
 
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