Prevalence and Incidence of Wilms' tumor
Wilms' tumor: Rare Disease
Wilms' tumor is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Wilms' tumor, or a subtype of Wilms' tumor,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Ophanet, who are a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Wilms' tumor as a "rare disease".
More information about Wilms' tumor is available from Orphanet
Wilms' tumor Prevalence: Book Excerpts
Prevalence/Incidence of Wilms' tumor: Online Medical Books
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Kidney cancer:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
The causes of kidney cancer aren't known, although smokers develop more renal cell tumors than nonsmokers. However, the incidence of this malignancy is rising, possibly as a result of exposure to environmental carcinogens as well as increased longevity. Even so, this cancer accounts for only about 2% of all adult cancers. Kidney cancer is more common in men than women and peaks in incidence between ages 50 and 70.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Wilms Tumor:
Wilms Tumor - epidemiology
(The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)
More common in girls than boys
Wilms Tumor - incidence
- 1 in 10,000 live births
- Increased incidence in children with neurofibromatosis
Wilms Tumor - prevalence
- Most common primary malignant renal tumor of childhood
- 5–6% of all childhood cancer
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Source: The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, 2008
Congenital Infections:
Epidemiology
(Pediatric Infectious Disease)
CMV is the most common congenital infection, affecting 1% to 2% of all newborns.
The rate of infection in a fetus of a mother with primary infection is between
40% and 50%; the rate of infection is less than 1% if the mother has
reactivated infection. Most infected infants (90%) are asymptomatic at birth;
only 10% of these children have long-term sequelae. The most common sequela is
asymptomatic congenital CMV infection sensorineural hearing loss. This hearing
loss can be progressive and may be unilateral or bilateral.
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Source: Pediatric Infectious Disease, 2004
About prevalence and incidence statistics:
The term 'prevalence' of Wilms' tumor usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Wilms' tumor at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Wilms' tumor refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Wilms' tumor diagnosed each year.
Hence, these two statistics types can differ:
a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence,
but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence.
For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.
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