Journal
PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY
Volume 27, Issue 8, Pages 1325-1333Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-012-2140-x
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Chronic kidney failure; Transplantation; Graft failure
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- United States National Cancer Institute [CA054498]
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Little is known about treatment outcomes for children who have end-stage renal disease (ESRD) after treatment for Wilms tumor (WT). Time-to-transplant, graft failure, and survival outcomes were examined for 173 children enrolled on the National Wilms Tumor Study who developed ESRD. Fifty-five patients whose ESRD resulted from progressive bilateral WT (PBWT) experienced high early mortality from WT that limited their opportunity for transplant (47% at 5 years) and survival (44% at 10 years) in comparison to population controls. The 118 patients whose ESRD was due to other causes (termed chronic kidney disease), many of whom had WT-associated congenital anomalies, had transplant (77% at 5 years) and survival (73% at 10 years) outcomes no worse than those for population controls. Graft failure following transplant was comparable for the two groups. Minority children had twice the median time to transplant as non-Hispanic whites and twice the mortality rates, also reflecting population trends. In view of the continuing high mortality in patients with ESRD, and the dramatic improvement in outlook following kidney transplantation, re-evaluation of current guidelines for a 2-year delay in transplant following WT treatment may be warranted.
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