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ArticlePediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany)2022

Long-term kidney function in children with Wilms tumour and constitutional WT1 pathogenic variant.

Maria Pia Falcone, Kathryn Pritchard-Jones, Jesper Brok, William Mifsud, Richard D Williams, Kayo Nakata, Suzanne Tugnait, Reem Al-Saadi, Lucy Side, John Anderson and 4 more

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Article in Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Wilms tumor characteristics in children with heterozygous germline DIS3L2 variants.Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics · 2025
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  4. WT1-related disorders: more than Denys-Drash syndrome.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2024
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  6. Hypertension in Wilms tumor.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Maria Pia FalconeDepartment of Paediatric Oncology Great Ormond Street Hospital, UCL Institute of Child Health, NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK.
Kathryn Pritchard-JonesDepartment of Paediatric Oncology Great Ormond Street Hospital, UCL Institute of Child Health, NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK.
Jesper BrokDepartment of Paediatric Oncology Great Ormond Street Hospital, UCL Institute of Child Health, NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK.
William MifsudDepartment of Paediatric Oncology Great Ormond Street Hospital, UCL Institute of Child Health, NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK.
Richard D WilliamsDepartment of Paediatric Oncology Great Ormond Street Hospital, UCL Institute of Child Health, NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK.
Kayo NakataDepartment of Paediatric Oncology Great Ormond Street Hospital, UCL Institute of Child Health, NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK.
Suzanne TugnaitDepartment of Paediatric Oncology Great Ormond Street Hospital, UCL Institute of Child Health, NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK.
Reem Al-SaadiDepartment of Paediatric Oncology Great Ormond Street Hospital, UCL Institute of Child Health, NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK.
Lucy SideDept. of Clinical Genetics, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
John AndersonDepartment of Paediatric Oncology Great Ormond Street Hospital, UCL Institute of Child Health, NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK.
Catriona DuncanDepartment of Paediatric Oncology Great Ormond Street Hospital, UCL Institute of Child Health, NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK.
Stephen D MarksDepartment of Paediatric Oncology Great Ormond Street Hospital, UCL Institute of Child Health, NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK.
Detlef BockenhauerDept. of Paediatric Nephrology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Tanzina ChowdhuryDepartment of Paediatric Oncology Great Ormond Street Hospital, UCL Institute of Child Health, NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK. Tanzina.Chowdhury@gosh.nhs.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3891-5778
Great Ormond Street Hospital · GBGreat Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust · GBUniversity of Foggia · IT

Funding

Cancer Research UK 17297Department of Health
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWilms tumour (WT) survivors, especially patients with associated syndromes or genitourinary anomalies due to constitutional WT1 pathogenic variant, have increased risk of kidney failure. We describe the long-term kidney function in children with WT and WT1 pathogenic variant to inform the surgical strategy and oncological management of such complex children.

methodsRetrospective analysis of patients with WT and constitutional WT1 pathogenic variant treated at a single centre between 1993 and 2016, reviewing genotype, phenotype, tumour histology, laterality, treatment, patient survival, and kidney outcome.

resultsWe identified 25 patients (60% male, median age at diagnosis 14 months, range 4-74 months) with WT1 deletion (4), missense (2), nonsense (8), frameshift (7), or splice site (4) pathogenic variant. Thirteen (52%) had bilateral disease, 3 (12%) had WT-aniridia, 1 had incomplete Denys-Drash syndrome, 11 (44%) had genitourinary malformation, and 10 (40%) had no phenotypic anomalies. Patient survival was 100% and 3 patients were in remission after relapse at median follow-up of 9 years. Seven patients (28%) commenced chronic dialysis of which 3 were after bilateral nephrectomies. The overall kidney survival for this cohort as mean time to start of dialysis was 13.38 years (95% CI: 10.3-16.4), where 7 patients experienced kidney failure at a median of 5.6 years. All of these 7 patients were subsequently transplanted. In addition, 2 patients have stage III and stage IV chronic kidney disease and 12 patients have albuminuria and/or treatment with ACE inhibitors. Four patients (3 frameshift; 1 WT1 deletion) had normal blood pressure and kidney function without proteinuria at follow-up from 1.5 to 12 years.

conclusionsDespite the known high risk of kidney disease in patients with WT and constitutional WT1 pathogenic variant, nearly two-thirds of patients had sustained native kidney function, suggesting that nephron-sparing surgery (NSS) should be attempted when possible without compromising oncological risk. Larger international studies are needed for accurate assessment of WT1genotype-kidney function phenotype correlation.

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Kidney NeoplasmsRenal InsufficiencyWilms TumorWT1 ProteinsChildChild, PreschoolFemaleGenes, Wilms TumorHumansInfantKidneyMaleMutationNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalRenal DialysisRetrospective StudiesWT1 protein, humanWT1 ProteinsKidney functionWilms tumourWT1 pathogenic variant

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PMID34608521
PMCPMC8960606
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