Korean J Pediatr Hematol Oncol.
2004 Apr;11(1):86-91.
Secondary Renal Cell Carcinoma in a Child Treated for Germ Cell Tumor
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Pediatrics, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. dcjeong@olmh.cuk.ac.kr
- 2Department of Urology, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 3Department of Pathology, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Advances for the treatment of childhood cancer in several decades have remarkably improved long-term survival. Anticancer therapy is capable of causing a variety of delayed toxicities including secondary malignant neoplasm. Therefore close follow-up for secondary malignant neoplasm is important for surviving patients from cancer. Renal cell carcinoma is a rare tumor in childhood and has been reported previously to occur after treatment of a few solid tumors, including neuroblastoma. This report represents the first documented case of renal cell carcinoma arising as a secondary malignant neoplasm in a pediatric patient who previously was treated for germ cell tumor.