Kidney Cancer
Conditions
Keywords
stage II Wilms tumor, stage III Wilms tumor, recurrent Wilms tumor and other childhood kidney tumors
Brief summary
RATIONALE: Studying samples of urine from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors identify biomarkers related to cancer. PURPOSE: This clinical trial studies biomarkers in urine from patients with Wilms tumor.
Detailed description
OBJECTIVES: * To validate the prognostic performance of specific-candidate Wilms tumor markers by measuring their urinary concentration using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) in urine specimens collected at diagnosis from 50 patients with favorable histology Wilms tumor who relapsed and 50 patients who did not relapse. OUTLINE: Urine specimens are analyzed using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) for biomarkers.
Interventions
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Urine specimens collected at diagnosis will be selected from patients with stage II-III Wilms tumors, with both local and non-local sites of disease relapse * Clinical patient information (urinalysis/macro, age, gender, congenital defects/syndromes, comorbidities, tumor stage, size, pathology, therapy, outcome) available PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: * Not specified PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: * Not specified
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Wilms tumor biomarkers identified by ELISA | — |