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- Kidney Cancer (Wilms' Tumor)
- SYMPTOMS. First signs are often an abdominal mass that is usually discovered
- by the child's parent or doctor. There will be fever, pain, appetite loss,
- nausea, vomiting and blood in the urine.
- CAUSES are unknown at this time. The cancer actually begins before the birth
- of the child. It lies dormant, then it usually shows up before the 5th year.
- TREATMENT. Consult your doctor.
- .Treatment responses are often excellent, from 50 to 90 percent cure rate.