Risk factors for Wilms tumor: Report from the national Wilms tumor study

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Authors

Andrew F. Olshan · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Norman E. Breslow · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

John M. Falletta · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Seymour Grufferman · University of Pittsburgh

Thomas W. Pendergrass · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Leslie L. Robison · University of Minnesota

Mary J. Waskerwitz

Abstract

In general, the study failed to confirm most of the previously reported maternal risk factors for Wilms tumor. Understanding the possible role of paternal exposures may be the best objective for further research on potential risk factors for Wilms tumor.

Topics & Keywords

Renal and related cancers

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Cancer

Volume 72, Issue 3, pp. 938-944

DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19930801)72:3<938::aid-cncr2820720345>3.0.co;2-c

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