Abstract:Wilms Tumor (WT), or nephroblastoma, is the most common pediatric renal cancer. The most prevalent epigenetic alterations in WT occur on chromosome 11p15, accounting for at least two-thirds of WT. These same changes on chromosome 11p15 also cause Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome (BWS). BWS is a pediatric overgrowth disorder affecting numerous tissues, including the kidney, and up to 28% of patients with BWS develop cancer. As patients with BWS have the same 11p15 epigenetic and structural changes that arise in some… Show more
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