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Impact of Pulmonary Tumor Burden in Favorable Histology Wilms Tumor Outcomes: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group Study AREN053
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David B Dix Geetika Khanna, Lindsay A Renfro, Ian C Tfirn, Ethan A Smith, Maddy Artunduaga, Meryle J Eklund, Jesse K Sandberg, Lauren N Parsons, John A Kalapurakal, Peter F Ehrlich, Jennifer H Aldrink, Richard D Glick, Daniel J Benedetti, C
video1:15 · Mar 2026
Updated Favorable histology Wilms tumor risk stratification: Rationale for future Children’s Oncology Group clinical trials
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Daniel J Benedetti, Nicholas G Cost, Peter F Ehrlich, Nicholas Evageliou, Elizabeth Fialkowski, Lauren N Parsons, Kelly L Vallance, Lindsay A Renfro, Andrew L Hong, Jennifer H Aldrink, Luke Pater, Arnold C Paulino, Jesse K Sandberg, Ethan A
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Bilateral focal anaplasia Wilms tumor (stage 5, local stage 2 and 1) is treated with bilateral flank radiation and regimen DD4A (vincristine, dactinomycin, doxorubicin over 24-25 weeks). — Lindsay Haacker, Clinical & Research Update: Renal Tumors with Drs. Ethan Smith, Lindsay Haacker, Michael Daugherty, and Meera Kotagal · 41:29
Clinical & Research Update: Renal Tumors with Drs. Ethan Smith, Lindsay Haacker, Michael Daugherty, and Meera Kotagal
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This video features a multidisciplinary panel from Cincinnati Children's, Drs. Ethan Smith, Lindsay Haacker, Michael Daugherty, & Meera Kotagal, discussing pediatric renal tumors, primarily Wilms tumor. Led by a pediatric oncology fellow, t
video1:11:52 · Sep 2026
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Impact of Pulmonary Tumor Burden in Favorable Histology Wilms Tumor Outcomes: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group Study AREN053
Dick et al. published a report from a Children's Oncology Group study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology in 2025
The study examined factors in patients with favorable histology Wilms tumor and pulmonary metastases and how those factors may affect outcomes
Factors studied included the number of metastases, the size of the metastases, and different biological markers
There was no difference in survival based on the number of metastases
Patients who had a rapid response to chemotherapy with larger nodules showed worse event-free survival
Patients with larger nodules and rapid response to chemotherapy showed no changes in overall survival
In multivariable models, neither the size nor the number of nodules had any effect on survival
1q gain was associated with worse event-free survival
1q gain was associated with worse overall survival
1q gain is the superior prognostic factor when compared to size and number of nodules in patients with favorable histology Wilms tumor and pulmonary metastases
Updated Favorable histology Wilms tumor risk stratification: Rationale for future Children’s Oncology Group clinical trials
Risk stratification for Wilms tumor has evolved many times over the years.
The Children's Oncology Group published updated risk stratification for patients with favorable histology Wilms tumor in Nature in June 2025.
The new risk stratification model includes biological and clinical features that were not in the first generation risk stratification.
The new model changes some of the older features or gets rid of them altogether.
Factors being added are loss of heterozygosity of 11P15, 1Q gain, and lymph node involvement.
Tumor nephrectomy weight is no longer included in the risk stratification.
The model modified how histology and age are used to stratify certain patients.
More changes are expected in the future as ongoing COG trials produce more results.
Clinical & Research Update: Renal Tumors with Drs. Ethan Smith, Lindsay Haacker, Michael Daugherty, and Meera Kotagal
Tumors larger than 12 centimeters have an increased risk of intraoperative spill.
Meera Kotagal8:27
Biopsy can upstage the patient and change treatment down the line, including radiation that may otherwise not have been necessary.
Lindsay Haacker7:31
At least one lymph node must be sampled to be eligible for the current COG trial (AREN 2231).
The lymph node stations important for Wilms tumor include left renal hilar, periaortic, and aortic cable window.
Meera Kotagal9:55
AREN 2231 expands very low risk criteria to include any child less than 4 years old and eliminates the tumor weight threshold.
Patients with one copy number gain (1q gain) are considered to have adverse biology on AREN 2231 and require chemotherapy.
Enhanced recovery protocol includes preoperative carbohydrate load, regional anesthesia, no drains, early feeding (clears on post-op day 0, regular diet on post-op day 1), and IV fluids off on post-op day 1.
Meera Kotagal12:22
Length of stay with ERAS protocol is 3 to 4 days shorter than historical practice.
Meera Kotagal13:20
NG tube placement post-operatively is rare with ERAS; only one or two patients required it over 4-5 years.
Meera Kotagal13:40
Standard neoadjuvant chemotherapy for bilateral renal tumors is vincristine, dactinomycin, and doxorubicin (3-drug induction).
Patients with bilateral disease need definitive surgery by week 12 because no ongoing tumor shrinkage is expected from chemotherapy alone beyond that point.
Lindsay Haacker27:21
In bilateral Wilms tumor, each side gets its own local stage, which impacts long-term management.
Meera Kotagal31:39