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| Year : 2001 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 130-134 |
Role of FNAC in Wilms' Tumor- an interim report
K Basu, S Chattopadhyay, S Das, N Basu, S Chatterjee, S. Das
Department of Pathology & Pediatric Surgery Unit, Medical College, Kolkata 700073
Correspondence Address:
K Basu
Department of Pathology & Pediatric Surgery Unit, Medical College, Kolkata 700073
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ABSTRACT: The authors studied 19 cases of Wilms' tumor over 5 years. During the first 2 years of the study, clinical diagnosis and imaging studies of Wilms' tumor was followed by nephrectomy without performing FNAC from the tumor mass. No pre-surgery chemotherapy was administered. But during the later 3 years of study, FNAC was done in patients clinically suspected to the suffering from Wilms' tumor. If cytodiagnosis and imaging study reports corroborated with the clinical diagnosis, then the patients were put on pre-surgery chemotherapy. Nephrectomy was done at a later date, followed by chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy. Results of the two phases showed the benefits of cytodiagnosis and neo-adjuvant chemotherapy.
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