A malignant tumour of the kidney, of a type that occurs in young children.
（幼儿的）威尔姆斯瘤（一种恶性肾脏肿瘤）
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This pioneering, statistically based model explained both the hereditary and sporadic forms of retinoblastoma, and was followed by similar models for neuroblastoma and Wilms' tumor.
Children are more likely to develop a kind of kidney cancer called Wilms' tumor.
An abdominal mass in a child may also be due to Wilms' tumor.
Maddy was only three years old when she was diagnosed with Wilms' tumour, a rare childhood cancer that affects the kidneys.
She is now in good health despite being diagnosed with Wilms' tumor, a cancer which affects the kidneys, in 1999.
Origin
Early 20th century: named after Max Wilms (1867–1918), German surgeon.